Gubio, also Gobiyo, is a

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Borno State Borno is a States of Nigeria, state in the North East (Nigeria), North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Yobe State, Yobe to the west, Gombe State, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa State, Adamawa to the south while its ea ...

, in northeastern

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. Its

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are in the town of Gubio. It has an area of 2,464 km and a population of 152,778 at the 2006 census. The

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of the area is 602. The primary road through Gubio runs north towards Damasak and south towards Maiduguri. Gubio is about 60 miles from each of those two settlements. It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.

Massacre

On 9 June 2020, a group of gunmen killed 81 people in a

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. The killers are believed to be from the

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group

Boko Haram Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (), is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group spli ...

, whose

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began in 2009.

Climate

The annual temperature in Gubio, Nigeria's Subtropical steppe region, is 31.59°C, 2.13% higher than the country's average, with 35.73mm of precipitation and 60.47 days with rain. Gubio's climate is becoming warmer due to climate change, with both warmer and colder weather.

References

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