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About Nafada
Nafada is a town and one of the eleven Local Government Areas (LGA) of Gombe State, Nigeria. It is located in the northern part of the state at 11°05′44″N 11°19′58″E, on the Gongola River which traverses the area. According to the 2006 census, the LGA covers 1,586 square kilometres (612 square miles) and has a population of 138,185 people. Nafada has ten wards namely: Nafada East, Nafada Central, Nafada West, Jigawa, Birnin Fulani East, Birnin Bolewa, Birnin Fulani West, Gudukku, Barwo/Nasarawo and Barwo Winde.
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History
Nafada is located in the traditional land of the Bole people. It was the capital of the Gombe Emirate from 1913 to 1919. The Gombe Emirate was moved to Doma which was later renamed to Gombe.
Nafada is one of the eleven Local Government Areas of Gombe State, Nigeria. It has its administrative headquarter at the town of Nafada and it falls under Gombe North senatorial districts, therefore constituting a federal constituency with Dukku LGA.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Gombe Lawanti International Airport (GMO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 101 km away.
- Daura 52 km north, about 52 min by car
- Dukku 68 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Potiskum 74 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Sade 78 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Gujba 79 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Yanda Bayo 79 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kafarati 83 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Kari 86 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Wuyo 88 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Hinna 90 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Photo credits
- NAFADA CIKIN DAMANA, Aderms024, CC0
- Model Day Primary School Tsangaya Nafada, Marafa01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- AREA VETERINARY CLINIC NAFADA, Marafa01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- RIJIYANDA TURAWAN MULKIN MALLAKA SUKA TONA A NAFADA, Marafa01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS053-E-214228 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-217533 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-217534 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-214229 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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