Monguno is one of the LGAs Local Government Area of

Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern borde ...

in northeastern

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Landscape

Monguno has a total landscape area of 1,913 km

Population

Monguno has a population of 109,851 at the 2006

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Postal Code

The

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of the area is 612.

History

It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the

Borno Emirate The Borno Emirate or Borno Sultanate is a traditional Nigerian state formed at the start of the 20th century. It is headed by descendants of the rulers of the Bornu Empire, founded before 1000. The rulers have the title Shehu of Borno (var. Shehu ...

, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.

Insurgency

In early January 2015, residents fled Monguno and the village of Doron-Baga for the

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s camps in

Maiduguri Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria. The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the ''Firki'' swamps in the areas around Lake Chad. Maiduguri was founded in 1907 as a mil ...

, following the capture of nearby

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