The Slogan

Pearl of Tourism

Date Of Creation

3 February 1976

Geography

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.

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.

See Also: About The 36 States Of Nigeria

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Brief History

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.

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.

With the creation of Bauchi State in 1976, then comprising present Bauchi and Gombe State, 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

The Local Government area

The Governor

Bala Mohammed (PDP)

The Deputy governor

Baba Tela

The Senators

C: Halliru Dauda Jika (APC)
N: Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (APC)
S: Lawal Yahaya Gumau (APC)

Representatives

Constituency	Member
Alkaleri/Kirfi	Musa Muhammad Pali	APC
Bauchi	Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi	APC
Darazo/Ganjuwa	Mansur Manu Soro	APC
Dass/Bogoro/Tafawa Balewa	Yakubu Dogara	APC
Gamawa	Ahmed Madaki Gololo	PDP
Jama’are/Itas-Gadau	Bashir Uba Mashema	APC
Katagum	Umar Abdulkadir Sarki	PRP
Misau/Dambam	Ibrahim Makama Misau	APC
Ningi/Warji	Abdullahi Sa’ad Abdulkadir	APC
Shira/Glade	Abubakar Kani Faggo	APC
Toro	Umar Muda Lawal	APC
Zaki	Muhammad Auwal Jatau	PDP

The Website

www.bauchistate.gov.ng/category/environment/

Major Cities

Bauchi

Prominent Places

Yankari National Park 

Mineral Resources

 Cassiterite, Gold, Columbite, Wolfram, Gypsum, Coal, Linite, Limestone and Iron ore.

The population

Population (2006 census)

• Total 4,676,465

Postal Code

740001

Culture and tourism

Notable People

Jude Rabo, vice-chancellor of Federal University, Wukari

Languages

LGA	Languages
Alkaleri	Dass; Bole; Duguri; Giiwo; Guruntum-Mbaaru; Labir; Tangale
Bauchi	Bankal; Duguri; Dulbu; Galambu; Gera; Geruma; Giiwo; Guruntum-Mbaaru; Ju; Kir-Balar; Labir; Luri; Mangas; Mbat; Pa’a; Polci; Shiki; Tala; Zangwal
Bogoro	Saya
Darazo	Bole; Deno; Diri; Giiwo; Mburku; Ngamo; Zumbun
Dass	Bankal; Dass; Gwak; Polci; Saya; Shall-Zwall; Zari
Dukku	Bole
Gamawa	Karekare
Ganjuwa	Ciwogai; Gera; Geruma; Jimi; Kariya; Kubi; Miya
Kirfi	Bure
Misau	Fulato/Borno; Shuwa; Kanuri; Hausa; Fulani
Ningi	Diri; Gamo-Ningi; Kudu-Camo; Pa’a; Siri; Warji; Geruma
Tafawa Balewa	Sur; Vaghat-Ya-Bijim-Legeri; Zari; Bankal; Gwak; Izere; Saya
Toro	Bankal; Dass; Geji; Geruma; Gwa; Gyem; Iguta; Izere; Jere; Lame; Lemoro; Mawa; Panawa; Polci; Sanga; Saya; Shau; Tunzuii; Zari; Zeem; Ziriya
Zaki	Bade

Institutions

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 and Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.