Dukku
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Dukku is a Local Government Area in Gombe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in Dukku town. The Gongola River flows through the west and north of the LGA. It has an area of 3,815 km and a population of 207,190 from the 2006 census. The vast majority of the population are Muslims, but there is a Christian minority. The major ethnic group is Fulani with Fulfulde being spoken as a major language alongside Bole while Hausa, Kanuri, and Kare-Kare are also spoken.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Dukku LGA
- Settlement.other_name
- Gombe Abba
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- Fulɓe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Dukku local government
- Settlement.motto
- DJangen, nduren, ndemen
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- Nigeria
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- 250
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- Location in Nigeria
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- Country
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- Nigeria
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- State
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- Gombe State
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- Headquarters
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- Dukku Town
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- Local Government Chairman and The Emir of the Local Government Council
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- Adamu Muhammad Waziri
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- Lamido
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- Hrh Haruna Abdulkadir El-Rasheed
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Temperature
- 2024 Flood Impact in Dukku Local Government Area
- Education
- List of Laamɓe Dukku
- Alhaji Haruna Abdulkadiri Rashid II
- Notable people
- Wards in Dukku
- References
Dukku is a Local Government Area in Gombe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in Dukku town. The Gongola River flows through the west and north of the LGA. It has an area of 3,815 km and a population of 207,190 from the 2006 census. The vast majority of the population are Muslims, but there is a Christian minority. The major ethnic group is Fulani with Fulfulde being spoken as a major language alongside Bole while Hausa, Kanuri, and Kare-Kare are also spoken.
The postal code of the area is 760.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dukku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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