Gashua

Coordinates: 12°52′5″N 11°2′47″E / 12.86806°N 11.04639°E

Gashua
Gashua Gashua shown within Nigeria
Coordinates: 12°52′5″N 11°2′47″E / 12.86806°N 11.04639°E
Country	Nigeria
State	Yobe State
Local Government Area	Bade
Population	125,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Gashua is a community in Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria, on the Yobe River a few miles below the convergence of the Hadejia River and the Jama'are River. Average elevation is about 299 m. The population in 2006 was about 125,000.^[1] The hottest months are March and April with temperature ranges of 38-40^o Celsius. In the rainy season, June-September, temperatures fall to 23-28^o Celsius, with rainfall of 500 to 1000mm.^[2]

Town

Gashua is one of the largest and most developed towns in Yobe State. Since 1976 it has been headquarters of the Bade Local Government Area. The Bade language is spoken in Gashua and in an area fanning out east and south of Gashua. Bade is one of seven languages of the Chadic family indigenous to Yobe State.^[2][3] The town lies near the Nguru-Gashua Wetlands, an economically and ecologically important ecological system.^[4] The town is the location of the court of Mai Bade, the Emir of Bade.^[5]

The town of Kumariya is also located in the Gashua area.

References

1. "Gashua". GeoNames. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
2. "Gashu’a Where Gani got his lung cancer?". Sunday Tribune. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
3. "THE BADE LANGUAGE". University of California Los Angeles. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
4. A.E. Neiland, B.M.B. Ladu. "Enhancement of inland fisheries in Nigeria: the institutional context provided by traditional and modern systems of fisheries management". Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
5. "ASSALAMU ALAIKUM (Welcome)". Bade Emirate council. Retrieved 2010-09-11.