Gashua

Gashua is a town in Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria, on the Yobe River a few miles below the point where the Hadejia River and the Jama'are River meet. Its average elevation is about 299 metres, and the population in 2006 was about 125,000. The hottest months are March and April, with temperatures of 38 to 40 degrees Celsius, while in the rainy season from June to September temperatures fall to 23 to 28 degrees with rainfall of 500 to 1,000 millimetres. Gashua is one of the largest and most developed towns in Yobe State and has been the headquarters of the Bade Local Government Area since 1976. It lies near the Nguru-Gashua Wetlands, an economically and ecologically important wetland system, and it is the seat of the Emir of Bade. The Bade language, one of seven Chadic languages indigenous to Yobe State, is spoken in and around the town.