Bassa is a
Local Government Area
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in the north of
Plateau State
Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself.
Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...
,
Nigeria
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, bordering
Kaduna
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and
Bauchi
Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the Administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau ...
States. Its headquarters are in the town of Bassa at.
It has an area of 1,743 km with other small towns like
Miango,
Mc Alley; originally called
Biciza,
Jengre, villages such as
Binchin,
Zukku,
Kwal,
Saya,
Gurum
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See also
*List of towns and villages in Tibet
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among many others and a population of 186,859 at the 2006 census. Bassa local government houses the Nigerian Army 3 Division, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment as well as a police station and the First bank of Nigeria.
The
postal code
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of the area is 930.
Languages
Languages spoken in Bassa are Hausa, Irigwe, Amo, Rukuba, Buji–
Boze language, Chawe,
Jere, Gusu, Kurama, Limoro, Tarya, Sanga, Janji, Duguza and Chokobo.
Festivals
Some Festivals in Bassa Local Government Area;
Remeze –
Buji, Irigwe New Year Celebration,
Anchoncho– a hunting festival of the Bache (Rukuba) people,
Amo new-year celebration.
Food
Bassa people are very rich in agriculture as a result, they are able to produce and prepare the following traditional foods such as moimoi, Kpewe – This is prepared with Acha and beans, Tinni – It is cooked with Millet, Beni seed and beans as the major ingredients, Kambar – from sweet potatoes, gwote, Water yam etc. They plant Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes,maize,Tamba as well as soya beans.
References
Local Government Areas in Plateau State
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