Godogodo

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Godogodo
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Godogodo
Coordinates: 09°26′N08°21′E / 9.433°N 8.350°E / 9.433; 8.350 [1]
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Kaduna State
LGA Jema'a
Time zone UTC+01:00 (WAT)
Climate Aw

Godogodo is a district as well as a town in Jema'a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. [2] It is also the Godogodo Chiefdom headquarters (of the Nindem, Hausa, Fulani and Ninzo people). The town has a post office, with a postal code 801103 . [3] It also houses an old tin mining tunnel site located along the town, one of the oldest tin mining site is known as (Dan Kurciya).

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References

  1. "Godogodo Map - Satellite Images of Godogodo". maplandia.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. "Godogodo, Godogodo, Jema'A, Kaduna State, Nigeria". mindat.org. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

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