Kala / bellows

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Kala / Balge is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno State, Nigeria . It is Nigeria's easternmost LGA. The administrative headquarters are in the city of Rann.

Kala / Balge has an area of ​​1,896 km² and a population of 60,797 at the 2006 census. The zip code is 611103.

Kala / Balge is one of sixteen LGAs that make up the Dikwa Emirate, a traditional Nigerian state in the state of Borno.

history

On May 14, 2014, local vigilante groups fended off a raid by the Boko Haram terrorist group . On May 31, 500 Boko Haram terrorists returned, overwhelmed the vigilante group and killed 40. Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 11 people in an attack on a military camp in Rann in March 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nigeria Local Government Areas. In: statoids.com. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ 611103, Rann, Kala Balge, Borno. In: postcodequery.com. nga.postcodequery.com, Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ AB Mamman, JO Oyebanji, SW Petters: Nigeria. A people united, a future assured. Millennium edition. tape 2 : State surveys . Federal Ministry of Information, Abuja, Nigeria 2000, ISBN 978-010-408-9 , pp. 106 (English).
  4. ↑ Nigerian village vigilantes 'repel Boko Haram attack'.
  5. ↑ Vengeful Boko Haram Terrorists Overwhelm Local Vigilantes In Kalabalge, Kill 40 Villagers. In: Sahara Reporters. May 31, 2014, archived from the original on June 14, 2014 ; accessed on September 4, 2018 .
  6. ^ Conflicts: Deaths in Boko Haram attack on military base in Nigeria. In: Die Zeit Online. March 2, 2018, accessed March 4, 2018 .

Coordinates: 12 ° 4 ′  N , 14 ° 32 ′  E