- English
Maiduguri, also fondly called Yerwa by its locals, is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria. Maiduguri sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the Firki swamps in the areas around Lake Chad . The city was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Nigeria
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