Mafa
LGA and town
Mafa is located in Nigeria
Mafa
Mafa
Coordinates: 11°55′33″N 13°36′20″E / 11.92583°N 13.60556°E / 11.92583; 13.60556
Country Nigeria
StateBorno State
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Mafa is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. It has its headquarters in the town of Mafa.

Landscape

It has a total landscape area of 2,869 km2

Population

It has a total population of 103,518 at the 2006 census.

Climate

The weather throughout the year fluctuates greatly, with the dry season being oppressively hot and humid and the wet season being hot and partially cloudy.[1][2][3]

Postal code

The postal code of the area is 611.[4]

History

It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.[5]

Insurgency cases

On 2 February 2015, the Nigerian Army said it had recaptured Mafa from Boko Haram, along with the nearby towns of Gamboru, Abadam, Mallam Fatori, and Marte, following joint military operations by Nigerian and Cameroonian forces, civilian forces, and three days of Chadian airstrikes.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mafa Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  2. ↑ Atlas, Weather. "Yearly & Monthly weather - Mafa, Nigeria". Weather Atlas. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  3. ↑ "Mafa, Borno, Nigeria - City, Town and Village of the world". en.db-city.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  5. ↑ Nigeria (2000). Nigeria: a people united, a future assured. Vol. 2, State Surveys (Millennium ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Information. p. 106. ISBN 9780104089.
  6. ↑ "Nigeria claims Gamboru, four towns recaptured from Boko Haram". AFP - Yahoo News. 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-02-03.


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