Gashua is a town in Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria, on the Yobe River a few miles below the convergence of the Hadejia River and the Jama'are River. Average elevation is about 299 m. The population in 2006 was about 125,000.
Town
Gashua is one of the largest and most developed towns in Yobe State. Since 1976, it has been headquarters of the Bade Local Government Area. The town lies near the Nguru-Gashua Wetlands, an economically and ecologically important ecological system.
The town is the location of the court of Mai Bade, the
Bade Emirate.
Language
The
Bade language is spoken in Gashua and in an area fanning out east and south of Gashua. Bade is one of seven languages of the
Chadic family indigenous to Yobe State.
Other towns
The town of
Kumariya is also located in the Gashua area.
