Gashua is a community in
Yobe State
Yobe is a States of Nigeria, state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu, and its largest city by populati ...
in northeastern Nigeria, on the
Yobe River
The Yobe River, also known as the Komadougou Yobe also spelt Komadugu Yobe River or the Komadougou-Yobe (), is a river in West Africa that flows into Lake Chad through Nigeria and Niger.
Its tributaries include the Hadejia River, the Jama'are ...
a few miles below the convergence of the
Hadejia River
The Hadejia River ( Hausa: ) is a river in Northern Nigeria and is a tributary of the Yobe River (Komadugu Yobe).
Among the cities and towns that lie on or near its banks are Hadejia and Nguru.
Damming of the river for the purposes of irriga ...
and the
Jama'are River. Average elevation is about 299 m. The population in 2006 was about 125,000.
The hottest months are March and April with temperature ranges of 38-40
o Celsius. In the rainy season, June–September, temperatures fall to 23-28
o Celsius, with rainfall of 500 to 1000mm.
Town
Gashua is one of the largest and most developed towns in Yobe State. Since 1976, it has been headquarters of the
Bade Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...
. The town lies near the
Nguru-Gashua Wetlands, an economically and ecologically important ecological system.
The town is the location of the court of Mai Bade, the
Emir of Bade.
Language
The
Bade language
Bade (also spelled Bede, Bedde, or Bode) is a West Chadic language spoken by the Bade people in Yobe State and Jigawa State, Nigeria. Their traditional ruler is the Emir of Bade. Similar to many other Western African languages, Bade is a vul ...
is spoken in Gashua and in an area fanning out east and south of Gashua. Bade is one of seven languages of the
Chadic
The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 196 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, and northern Cameroon. By far the most widely ...
family indigenous to Yobe State.
Other towns
The town of
Kumariya is also located in the Gashua area.
References
Populated places in Yobe State
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