Damaturu

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Location Damaturus in northeastern Nigeria

Damaturu is the capital of the Nigerian state of Yobe and is located in the northeast of Nigeria. According to a calculation from 2012, the city has 46,371 inhabitants.

location

Damaturu is located in an area covered by savannah where millet , sorghum and peanuts are grown.

administration

Part of Damaturus and its surroundings form one of the 17 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state of Yobe with an area of ​​2366.33 km². At the last census in 1991 the LGA had 57,930 inhabitants and thus a population density of 24 inhabitants per km². In the city itself there were 141,897 inhabitants.

history

On November 4, 2011, Damaturu was targeted by the Islamist sect Boko Haram . About four hours after four suicide bombers blew themselves up in the neighboring town of Maiduguri , several bombs were detonated in Damaturu and targets, including the police headquarters, were attacked by fighters. Six churches, a police station and a police workshop were attacked in the Jerusalem neighborhood. The police headquarters were completely destroyed. At least 150 people were killed in the fighting.

At Christmas 2011, Boko Haram carried out two attacks in Damaturu, one of which was a suicide attack on a convoy of the State Security Service , killing four people including the suicide bomber.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population data 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  2. ^ The 774 Local Governmnent Areas. Damaturu Local Government Area. Nigeria Congress Online, archived from the original on July 28, 2004 ; accessed on December 31, 2006 (English).
  3. ↑ At least 150 people killed in attacks in northern Nigeria. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . November 5, 2011, accessed November 7, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Deadly Nigeria bomb attacks condemned by world leaders. In: BBC News . December 25, 2011, accessed December 27, 2011 .

Coordinates: 11 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 58'  E