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Gombe

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local government area in Gombe State, Nigeria

Key facts

Country
Nigeria
State
Gombe State
Lami o
Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar
Local government chairman
Alh. Ali Usman Haruna (Ashaka)
Total
52 km (20 sq mi)
Estimate 2022
446,800
Time zone
UTC+1 ( WAT )
Iso 3166 code
NG.GO.GO
Climate
Aw

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Encyclopedic overview

GombeListen (Fula: Gelle/Wuro Gombe 𞤺𞤫𞥅𞤤𞥆𞤫/𞤱𞤵𞥅𞤪𞤮 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞤥𞤦𞤫,) is the capital city of Gombe State, north-eastern Nigeria, with an estimated population of around 450,000. The major spoken languages in Gombe are Fulfulɗe and Hausa.

Gombe central mosque

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

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