Jama'are
Sign in to save'''Jama'are''' is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jama'are. It has an area of 493 km and a population of 176,883 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 751. It is populated by a Fulani tribe that migrated from Dulare in the Lake Chad basin in the Republic of Chad.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jama'are
- Settlement.other_name
- Gandun masu
- Settlement.native_name
- Garin Fulani
- Settlement.nickname
- Garin Wabi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.motto
- Jamaare garin fulani
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jama'are Emirate Palace Gate.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jama'are Emirate Palace Gate
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bauchi State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Northern Bauchi senetorial
- Settlement.government_type
- Democracy
- Settlement.leader_title
- Emir
- Settlement.leader_name
- HRH Nuhu Ahmad wabi
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.established_date
- since 1870
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Inuwa Abdullahi
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'''Jama'are''' is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jama'are. It has an area of 493 km and a population of 176,883 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 751. It is populated by a Fulani tribe that migrated from Dulare in the Lake Chad basin in the Republic of Chad.
== Understand == Jamaare has an estimated population of 165,100 and occupies an area of 341.6 km². Most of the inhabitants of Jama′are are members of the Fulani, Shirawa, Kanuri, but Fulani is the most prominent tribe in the area. The commonly spoken languages in the area are Hausa and the Fufulde while the religions of Islam and Christianity are widely practiced in Jamaare. Jamaare is the host of Federal College of Education Jamaare, General Hospital Jamaare and Jamaare Emirate. There is also a primary teacher-training college and a leprosy clinic in the town. It is made up of a number of towns and villages which include Dogon, Jeji, Hanafari, Galdimari and Jurara.
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