Katagum is a town, a local government area and a traditional emirate in Bauchi State of northern Nigeria. The town is located on the northern bank of the Jama’are River, which is a tributary of the Hadejia. Most of the inhabitants are Muslim, along with people from the Fulani and Kanuri tribes. The chief agricultural products include peanuts (groundnuts), sorghum, millet, rice (especially in the riverine fadamas, or “floodplains”), cowpeas, cotton, indigo, and gum arabic. Livestock […]
Jamaare is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jamaare. It has an area of 493 km2 and a population of 176,883 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 751. It is populated by a Fulani tribe that migrated from Dulare in the Lake Chad basin in the Republic of Chad. Jamaare has an estimated population of 165,100 […]
Itas/Gadau is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Itas Itesiwaju. The town of Gadau is in the east of the area at 11°50′08″N 10°10′02″E. It has an area of 1,398 km2 and a population of 229,996 at the 2006 census. The predominant ethnic group in the area are the Hausa in common with the other divisions of the […]
Giade is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Giade. It has an area of 668 km2 and a population of 156,969 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 750
Ganjuwa is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was curved out from the Darazo Local Government in September, 1991 and it’s bordered with Jigawa State from the North and Gombe State from the South East. The Local Government also shares border with the following Local Governments: – Bauchi Local Government from the South, Toro Local Government […]
Gamawa is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria, bordering Yobe State in the east. Its headquarters are in the town of Gamawa. It has an area of 2,925 km2 and a population of 286,388 at the 2006 census. The predominant ethnic group in the area are the Hausa, Fulani People Fulfulde with the Kare living in the east. The postal code of the area is 752
Dass is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Dass. It has an area of 535 km² and a population of 89,943 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 740 History People began to settle in Dass as far back as the period before the jihad of Danfodiyo around the […]
