Koba may refer to:

Places

Koba, Burkina Faso Koba is a town in the Sanaba Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. It is on the continent of Africa. As of 2005 it had a population of 1,207.

Koba, Indonesia Koba is a sub-district in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. Koba is located in the Central Bangka Regency on the islands of Bangka Belitong, Indonesia. Demographics The majority of the people in Koba are Hakka Chinese and ...

, a town in Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia * Koba, Faranah, Guinea *

Koba, Kindia Koba, Kindia is a town and sub-prefecture in the Télimélé Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western-central Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the w ...

, Guinea *

Koba Island :'' Koba Island is also an alternative name for Gupo Island, Taiwan.'' Koba Island () is an island in the Aru Islands in the Arafura Sea. It is situated in the Maluku Province, Indonesia. Its area is 1723 km². The other main islands in th ...

, one of the Aru Islands of Indonesia *

Gupo Island Gupo Island (), also transliterated as Koba Island, is an island in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. Demographics The island is uninhabitated. Economy Nearby residents come to the island for laver harvest in early winter every year. ...

, an island in Penghu County, Taiwan *

Fitzroy Island (Queensland) Fitzroy Island (originally ''Koba'' or ''Gabar'' or ''Goong-Gan-Jee'') is a continental island offshore from Cape Grafton, 29 km (18 miles) southeast of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is a locality in the Cairns Region. In the , Fit ...

, originally Koba, an island off the coast of Far North Queensland, Australia *

Niokolo-Koba National Park The Niokolo-Koba National Park (, PNNK) is a World Heritage Site and natural protected area in southeastern Senegal, near the Guinea border. It is served by Niokolo-Koba Airport, an unpaved airstrip. National park Established as a reserve in 1 ...

, a World Heritage Site and natural protected area in south eastern Senegal near the Guinea-Bissau border * Niokolo-Koba Airport * Kapitaï and Koba, two areas on the coast of West Africa which were the object of German colonial initiatives in 1884 and 1885. They lay between the Pongo and Dubréka rivers, south of Senegal and Gambia in modern Guinea

People

*Koba, a nickname used by

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

Koba (given name) Koba ( ka, კობა) is a Georgian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Koba Davitashvili (1971–2020), Georgian politician *Koba Gogoladze (born 1973), Georgian boxer *Koba Gurtskaia (born 1966), Georgian military officer * Kob ...

Koba (surname) Koba (written: 木庭, 木場 or 古葉) is a Japanese surname Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identi ...

, a Japanese surname

Fictional figures

*Koba, a character from the 1883 novel ''

The Patricide ''The Patricide'' ( ka, მამის მკვლელი) is a novel by Alexander Kazbegi, first published in 1882. The novel is a love story, but it also addresses many socio-political issues of 19th century Georgia. The novel portrays crit ...

'' by Alexander Kazbegi *Koba, a character from the 2011 film ''

Warrior A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal society, tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, social class, class, or caste. History ...

'' * Koba, a fictional bonobo in the ''Planet of the Apes'' reboot series

Arts

Koba Entertainment Koba Entertainment is a producer of original musical theatre based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. To date, they have produced numerous Canadian and U.S. tours for such famous children's properties as Bubble Guppies, Max & Ruby, Toopy & Binoo, Th ...

* ''Koba'' (play), a play by Raymond Williams, based on Stalin's life *''

Koba the Dread ''Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million'' is a 2002 non-fiction book by British writer Martin Amis. Summary The book is a study of the depredations of the regime of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1950s. The ...

'', a 2002 non-fiction book by Martin Amis *

Koba LaD Marcel Junior Loutarila (; , better known as Koba LaD (), is a French rapper from Évry, Île-de-France. He grew up in the famous Parc aux lièvres neighborhood in Évry, where is located the ''Bâtiment 7'', where other artists such as Bolémv ...

, real name Marcel Junior Loutarila, French rapper

Others

Koba language Koba is a language spoken on the Aru Islands Aru or ARU may refer to: Education * Alpha Rho Upsilon, a defunct fraternity in the United States * Anglia Ruskin University, a university in England * Ardhi University, a Tanzanian public univers ...

, a language of Indonesia * Koba (sweet), a confectionery sweet * Kutama Old Boys Association, Zimbabwe *Koba, a plant that is indigenous to Ethiopia {{Disambiguation, geo