Bauchi State history, Bauchi State Local Government Areas and Senatorial Zones/ Districts in Bauchi State. The post also has Local Government Area that make each Bauchi State Senatorial Districts.
Bauchi state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area now in Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996.
Bauchi is a city in northeast of Nigeria, and also occupied with 20 local government areas in the state
Bauchi state has 55 tribal’s groups
the people of Bauchi state are known to their tradional wrestling and boxing dexterity, Aside from these festival, the state also hold the Bauchi state festival of Art and Culture annually.
This annual event is held among local government, its include the display of various tradition of the people of the state in the fields of traditional dances, music, art, crafts which include beautiful embroidered caps and gowns known as (BABBAN RIGA)
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University is located in the capital city Bauchi. Other educational institutions located in the state include Bauchi State University, Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic [6] and Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.
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What is now known as Bauchi was until 1976 a province in the then North-Eastern State of Nigeria. According to the 2006 census, the state has a population of 4,653,066.
Bauchi State has gone through tremendous transformation over the years. The Ajawa language was spoken in Bauchi State, but became extinct between 1920 and 1940 as speakers switched to Hausa.[7]
During the colonial era up to independence, it formed part of the Bauchi Plateau of the then Northern Region, until the 1967 state creation exercise, when the Bauchi, Borno, and Adamawa provinces constituted the former North-Eastern State.
Bauchi State occupies a total land area of 49,119 km2 (18,965 sq mi) representing about 5.3% of Nigeria’s total land mass and is located between latitudes 9° 3′ and 12° 3′ north and longitudes 8° 50′ and 11° east.
The state is bordered by seven states, Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east and Kaduna to the west.
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Bauchi state is one of the states in the northern part of Nigeria that span two distinctive vegetation zones, namely, the Sudan savannah and the Sahel savannah. The Sudan savannah type of vegetation covers the southern part of the state. Here, the vegetation gets richer and richer towards the south, especially along water sources or rivers, but generally the vegetation is less uniform and grasses are shorter than what grows even farther south, that is, in the forest zone of the middle belt.
The Sahel type of savannah, also known as semi-desert vegetation, becomes manifest from the middle of the state as one moves from the state’s south to its north. This type of vegetation comprises isolated stands of thorny shrubs.On the other hand, the southwestern part of the state is mountainous as a result of the continuation of the Jos Plateau, while the northern part is generally sandy.
The vegetation types as described above are conditioned by the climatic factors, which in turn determine the amount of rainfall received in the area. For instance, the rainfall in Bauchi state ranges between 1,300 millimeters (51 in) per annum in the south and only 700 millimeters (28 in) per annum in the extreme north. This pattern is because in the West Africa sub-region, rains generally come from the south as they are carried by the southwester lies. There is therefore a progressive dryness towards the north, culminating in the desert condition in the far north.
Consequently, rains start earlier in the southern part of the state, where rain is heaviest and lasts longer. Here the rains start in April with the highest record amount of 1,300 millimeters (51 in) per annum. In contrast, the northern part of the state receives the rains late, usually around June or July, and records the highest amount of 700 millimeters (28 in) per annum. In the same vein, the weather experienced in the south and the north varies considerably. While it is humidly hot during the early part of the rainy season in the south, the hot, dry and dusty weather lingers up north.In addition to rainfall, Bauchi state is watered by a number of rivers. They include the Gongola and Jama’are rivers.
The Gongola River crosses Bauchi state in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area in the south and in Kirfi and Alkaleri Local Government Areas in the eastern part of the state, while the Jama’are River cuts across a number of Local Government Areas in the northern part of the state. Moreover, a substantial part of the Hadeja-Jama’are River basin lies in Bauchi state, which along with various fadama (floodplain) areas in the state provides suitable land for agricultural activities. These are further supported by the number of dams meant for irrigation and other purposes. These include the Gubi and Tilde-Fulani dams. There also lakes such as the Maladumba Lake in Misau Local Government Area that further provide the necessary conditions to support agriculture.
With the creation of Bauchi State in 1976, then comprising present Bauchi and Gombe States, it included 16 local government areas. The number of local government areas in the then Bauchi State was increased to 20 and later to 23. However, in 1997 when Gombe State was created out of Bauchi and additional local governments were created in the country, Bauchi State was left with 20 local government areas as shown below.
Bauchi State Senatorial Zones / Districts
Bauchi state have three (3) Senatorial Zones / Districts. They are Bauchi Central Senatorial Zone / District, Bauchi North Senatorial Zone / District and Bauchi South Senatorial Zone / District. Below are the Senatorial Zones / Districts and the local government areas that made up the districts.
Bauchi Central Senatorial Zone / District
- Dambam Local Government Area
- Darazo Local Government Area
- Ganjuwa Local Government Area
- Misau Local Government Area
- Ningi Local Government Area
- Warji Local Government Area
Bauchi North Senatorial Zone / District
- Gamawa Local Government Area
- Giade Local Government Area
- Itas/Gadau Local Government Area
- Jama’are Local Government Area
- Katagum Local Government Area
- Shira Local Government Area
- Zaki Local Government Area
Bauchi South Senatorial Zone / District
- Alkaleri Local Government Area
- Bauchi Local Government Area
- Bogoro Local Government Area
- Dass Local Government Area
Local Government Areas in Bauchi State
Bauchi State consists of twenty (20) Local Government Areas (LGAs). They are:
| LGA | Area (km2) | Census 2006 population |
Administrative capital | Postal code |
| BAUCHI | 3,687 | 493,810 | Bauchi | 740 |
| TAFAWA BALEWA | 2,515 | 219,988 | Bununu | 740 |
| DASS | 535 | 89,943 | Dass | 740 |
| TORO | 6,932 | 350,404 | Toro | 740 |
| BOROGO | 894 | 84,215 | Bogoro | 741 |
| NINGI | 4,625 | 387,192 | Ningi | 742 |
| WARJI | 625 | 114,720 | Warji | 742 |
| GANJUWA | 5,059 | 280,468 | Kafin madaki | 742 |
| KIRFI | 2,371 | 147,618 | Kirfi | 743 |
| ALKALERI | 5,918 | 329,424 | Alkaleri | 743 |
| SOUTHERN REGION TOTALS | 33,161 | 2,497,782 | ||
| DARAZO | 3,015 | 251,597 | Darazo | 750 |
| GIADE | 668 | 156,969 | Giade | 750 |
| SHIRA | 1,321 | 234,014 | Yana | 750 |
| JAMA’ARE | 493 | 117,883 | Jama’are | 751 |
| KATAGUM | 1,436 | 295,970 | Azare | 751 |
| ITA GADAU | 1,398 | 229,996 | Itas | 751 |
| ZAKI | 1,476 | 191,457 | Katagun | 752 |
| GAMAWA | 2,925 | 286,388 | Gamawa | 752 |
| DANBAN | 1,077 | 150,922 | Danban | 752 |
| NORTHERN REGION TOTAL | 15,035 | 2,178,683 |
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