Damaturu
Damaturu is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Yobe State in northern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate. thumb|roundabout in Damaturu thumb|Ibrahim Gaidam Ultra-Modern Market in Damaturu. Damaturu is the capital and administrative headquarters of Yobe State and where the governor resides and host to State Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Damaturu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Yobe State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Bukar Adamu (APC)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2366
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 88,014
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- History
- Boko Haram
- Geography
- Climate
- Average Temperature in Damaturu
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Damaturu is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Yobe State in northern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate. thumb|roundabout in Damaturu thumb|Ibrahim Gaidam Ultra-Modern Market in Damaturu. Damaturu is the capital and administrative headquarters of Yobe State and where the governor resides and host to State Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Damaturu hosts three tertiary institutions Federal Polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe State University and Shehu Sule College of Nursing . It is home to the Damaturu Central Mosque.
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