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Damasak is the head town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. It is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River, adjoining the border with Niger.

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Place details

Locality
Damasak
Region
Borno
Country
Nigeria
Population
13,874
Timezone
Africa/Lagos

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Instance of
human settlement
Country
Nigeria
Located in
Mobbar
Continent
Africa
Time zone
UTC+01:00
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Damasak is the head town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. It is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River, adjoining the border with Niger.

Two primary roads reach Damasak. One heads south to Gubio and Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, and the other heads east towards Kukawa and Baga.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Damasak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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