Kogu, Biu

Kogu[1] is a large village in Biu LGA, of southwestern Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria. Kogu is located on a tributary of the Yangari River about 34 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of the town of Biu.[2]

Kogu
village
Kogu
Coordinates: 10°25′06″N 11°56′55″E
Country Nigeria
StateBorno State
LGABiu
Elevation
344 m (1,128 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Mari Watirwa, the 20th Emir of Biu, established his capital at Kogu about 1795, after he drove the Fulani out of Biu.[3][4] In 1838, his grandson, Emir Mari Biya, moved the capital to the town of Biu.[3]


Notes
  1. Kogu (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Nigeria topographic map, Series 1501 Air, NC-32-08 Gombe, Nigeria, Joint Operations Graphic (JOG) 1:250000 Scale, U.S. Army Map Service, 1967
  3. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1980) "Biu" Burke's Royal Families of the World: Africa & the Middle East (Volume 2 of Burke's royal families of the world) Burke's Peerage, London, page 177, ISBN 0-85011-023-8
  4. Davies, J. G. (1954) The Biu book: a collation and reference book on Biu Division (Northern Nigeria) Norla, Zaria, Nigeria, page 38, OCLC 603775900
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