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Hadejia

Hadejia
Biram
LGA and town
Nickname: 
Ginsau Birnin Doki
Motto: 
Majestic City of Stallion
Hadejia is located in Nigeria
Hadejia
Hadejia
Coordinates: 12°27′N 10°2′E / 12.450°N 10.033°E / 12.450; 10.033
Country Nigeria
StateJigawa State
Government
 • Local Government ChairmanAbdulkadir Umar (APC)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
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Haɗejiya (also Haɗeja, previously Biram) is a Hausa town in eastern Jigawa State, northern Nigeria. [1] Hadejia lies between latitude 12.4506N and longitude 10.0404E.[2] It shares boundary with Kiri Kasama Local Government to the east, Mallam Maɗori Local Government from to the north, and Auyo Local Government to the west. The Hadejia Local Government consist of eleven (11) political wards, namely: Atafi, Dubantu, Gagulmari, Kasuwar Ƙofa, Kasuwar Kuda, Matsaro, Majema, Rumfa, Sabon Garu, Ƴankoli and Yayari. Inhabitants are dominantly Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri with some other groups such as Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Igala etc. The dominant occupation of the inhabitants is crop-farming and animal rearing which a considerable percentage, engaged in trading, fishing and services including civil service.[3] The people of Haɗeja are largely Muslims, although some follow indigenous belief systems. The town lies to the north of the Hadejia River, and is upstream from the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands. Hadejia is an internationally important ecological and sensitive zone.[4]

Hadejia was once known as Biram, and is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" (Hausa Bakwai),[5] because it was ruled by the descendants of the Hausa mythological figure Bayajidda and his second wife, Daurama.[6] By 1810, during the Fulani War, the Hausa rulers of the Hausa Bakwai had all been overcome by the Fulani.[7] Haɗeja had been transformed into an emirate two years earlier, in 1808. In 1906 Haɗeja resisted British occupation, under the then Emir (Muhammadu Mai-Shahada). Haɗejiya was absorbed into Jigawa State in 1991 from Kano State.

The Haɗeja is home to majorly 4 tertiary institutions, which are: Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic Hadejia,[8] School of Nursing Hadejia,[9] National Teachers Institutes Hadejia Study Centre.[10]

  1. ^ "Hadejia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
  2. ^ GPS Coordinates: "https://latitude.to/map/ng/nigeria/cities/hadejia"
  3. ^ Isah Abubakar (2018) "Use of ICT among Extension Agents in Hadejia Local Government" Unpublished work
  4. ^ Chiroma, Muhammad J.; Kazaure, Yahaya D.; Karaye, Yahya B.; Gashua, Abba J. "Water Management Issues in the Hadejia-Jama'are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin: DFID-JWL and Stakeholders Experience in Information Sharing, Reaching Consensus and Physical Interventions" (PDF). International Water Management Institute. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Daura". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
  6. ^ Lange, Dierk. "Oral version of the Bayajidda legend" (PDF). Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
  7. ^ Johnston, H. A. S (1967). "The Consolidation of the Empire". The Fulani Empire of Sokoto. Amana Online. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
  8. ^ "BINYAMINU USMAN POLYTECHNIC – P.M.B 013 Hadejia, Jigawa State".
  9. ^ "Jigawa State School of Nursing Hadejia - ONLINE APPLICATION". jisconmhadejia.admissions.cloud.
  10. ^ "National Teachers' Institute Kaduna". Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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