Karasuwa is a

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 ...

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 ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. Its headquarters are in the town of Jajimaji on the Hadejia River at . It has an area of 1,162 km² and a population of 106,992 at the 2006 census. Land Areas Karasuwa local government area consists of larger towns which include: Jajimaji, Bukarti, Kasuwa Sidi, and small villages such as Tsamiyan Gada, etc. The

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of the area is 630. Cultures and Tribes Basically the people predominantly live in Karasuwa, which is 70 percent Manga tribe, which originated from sub Kanuri tribe. Most residents are farmers, both in towns and villages. 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 Karasuwa LGA.

Climate/Geography

The average temperature in Karasuwa LGA is 34 degrees Celsius, and the average

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is 10 km/h. The region has two different seasons: the rainy and the dry. The dry season is typically marked by exceptionally high temperatures.

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Local Government Areas in Yobe State {{Yobe-geo-stub

Climate/Geography

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