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askira+uba Latitude and Longitude:

10°38′21″N 12°52′43″E / 10.63917°N 12.87861°E / 10.63917; 12.87861
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Askira/Uba
Coordinates: 10°38′21″N 12°52′43″E / 10.63917°N 12.87861°E / 10.63917; 12.87861
Country  Nigeria
State Borno State
CapitalAskira
Local Government AreaAskira/Uba was created 1976.
Government
 • TypeDemocracy
 • Executive ChairmanAbubakar Umar Mazhinyi ( All Progressive Congress)
Time zone UTC+1 ( WAT)

Askira/Uba is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Askira.

It has an area of 2,362 km2 and a population of 138,091 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 601. [1]

One of the villages of Askira/Uba, Lassa, was the origin of a new virus found in the blood of returning American missionaries, and first identified by a virology research team in a laboratory at Yale University, who named it " Lassa virus" after the location where it first appeared. [2] Askira/Uba has two Emirate Councils namely; Askira Emirate and Uba Emirate.

Askira was founded by Muhammadu Mai Maina in 1921. [3]: 19 

In July 2014, the villages of Huyim and Dille in Askira/Uba LGA were attacked by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, with nine and thirty-eight deaths respectively. The attackers came from the Sambisa Forest. Displaced residents "need help from governments and spirited individuals." [4] [5]

References

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ Prono, Luca (9 January 2008). Zhang, Yawei (ed.). Encyclopedia of Global Health. Vol. 1. SAGE. ISBN  978-1-4129-4186-0. OCLC  775277696.
  3. ^ Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. (Anthony Hamilton Millard) (1971). West African travels and adventures; two autobiographical narratives from Northern Nigeria. Internet Archive. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN  978-0-300-01426-6.
  4. ^ "Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Nine in Borno Village". Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  5. ^ Hamza Idris; Yahaya Ibrahim (2014-07-15). "Nigeria: 38 Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Village". Daily Trust - AllAfrica. Retrieved 2014-07-18.



askira+uba Latitude and Longitude:

10°38′21″N 12°52′43″E / 10.63917°N 12.87861°E / 10.63917; 12.87861
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Askira uba)

Askira/Uba
Coordinates: 10°38′21″N 12°52′43″E / 10.63917°N 12.87861°E / 10.63917; 12.87861
Country  Nigeria
State Borno State
CapitalAskira
Local Government AreaAskira/Uba was created 1976.
Government
 • TypeDemocracy
 • Executive ChairmanAbubakar Umar Mazhinyi ( All Progressive Congress)
Time zone UTC+1 ( WAT)

Askira/Uba is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Askira.

It has an area of 2,362 km2 and a population of 138,091 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 601. [1]

One of the villages of Askira/Uba, Lassa, was the origin of a new virus found in the blood of returning American missionaries, and first identified by a virology research team in a laboratory at Yale University, who named it " Lassa virus" after the location where it first appeared. [2] Askira/Uba has two Emirate Councils namely; Askira Emirate and Uba Emirate.

Askira was founded by Muhammadu Mai Maina in 1921. [3]: 19 

In July 2014, the villages of Huyim and Dille in Askira/Uba LGA were attacked by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, with nine and thirty-eight deaths respectively. The attackers came from the Sambisa Forest. Displaced residents "need help from governments and spirited individuals." [4] [5]

References

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ Prono, Luca (9 January 2008). Zhang, Yawei (ed.). Encyclopedia of Global Health. Vol. 1. SAGE. ISBN  978-1-4129-4186-0. OCLC  775277696.
  3. ^ Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. (Anthony Hamilton Millard) (1971). West African travels and adventures; two autobiographical narratives from Northern Nigeria. Internet Archive. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN  978-0-300-01426-6.
  4. ^ "Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Nine in Borno Village". Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  5. ^ Hamza Idris; Yahaya Ibrahim (2014-07-15). "Nigeria: 38 Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Village". Daily Trust - AllAfrica. Retrieved 2014-07-18.



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