Kogu | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Nigeria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nigeria |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Borno State |
Subdivision Type2: | LGA |
Subdivision Name2: | Biu |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 10.4183°N 11.9486°W |
Elevation M: | 344 |
Elevation Ft: | 1128 |
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 34km (21miles) southwest of the town of Biu.[2]
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.