About Yola
Yola is a city in Adamawa, Nigeria with a population of 460,000. It is the 32nd largest of the 268 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nigeria, and the 1,255th largest worldwide. It lies 548 km from Abuja.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Coordinates
9.208, 12.481
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 268 in NigeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.