Bauchi (city)

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Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau, at an elevation of 616 metres (2,021 feet). The Local Government Area covers an area of 3,687 km2 and had a population of 493,810 in 2006.

Bauchi City is among the twenty Local Government Areas of Bauchi state:

Bauchi, Tafawa Balewa, Dass, Toro, Bogoro, Ningi, Warji, Ganjuwa, Kirfi, Alkaleri, Darazo, Misau, Giade, Shira, Jamaare, Katagum, Itas/Gadau, Zaki, Gamawa and Damban.

The emirate was founded in (1800–10) by Yakubu, one of Sheikh Usman dan Fodio's commanders. Yakubu conquered a sparsely wooded savanna region (the Bauchi High Plains) mainly inhabited by non-Muslim peoples. After successful campaigns, he (Yakubu) founded (1809) the town of Bauchi. Yakubu built the town’s walls, the circumference of which measures 10.5 kilometres (6.5 miles).

He was the only non-Fulani flag-bearer of the Sokoto Empire. The name was derived from that of a hunter called Baushe, who advised Yaqub to build his city west of the Warinje mountain...

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