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Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria
Potiskum is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria, on the A3 highway at 11°43′N 11°04′E. It had an area of 559 square kilometres (216 sq mi) and a population of 205,876 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 631.Potiskum is the main settlement for the Ngizim, Kare-kare and Bolewa people. The current Emir of Potiskum Mai Umar Ibn Wuriwa Bauya was awarded a national honour of officer of the order of the Niger (OON) by the former president and commander in-chief of the armed forces of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR in 2004. Potiskum has been a thriving trade hegemony in Yobe State because of its strategic position as a centre of commerce, learning, spiritual and cultural revival. People from neighbouring Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Bauchi and Gombe States, and numerous others from Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Central African Republic have stakes in the ‘biggest cattle market in sub-Saharan Africa,’ which is situated in Potiskum. .... Learn more at Wikipedia
| Name | Potiskum |
|---|---|
| Long Name | Potiskum, Nigeria |
| Region | Yobe State |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Map | Open Map |
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