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Fune is a Local Government Area in
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Yobe State
Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; and it's largest and most populated city is Poti ...
, Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
. Its headquarters are in the town of Damagum in the southwest of the area on the A3 highway at. It has an area of 4,948 km and a population of 300,760 at the 2006 census. The postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...
of the area is 622.
Geography
The northeasterly line of equallatitude
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and longitude
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passes through the area including .
People
The main Settlement tribe of Fune Local Governments are Karai-Karai, Kanuri, Bura-Pabir, Ngizim, and Fulani. The Current Emir of Fune is Alhaji (Dr.) Saleh Idriss Ibn Uthman with his Palace situated at Damagum, the head quarter of Fune Local Government.
Historical Monuments
In 1987, the 8,000-year-old Dufuna canoe was discovered in Fune, near the village of Dufuna and theKomadugu Gana River
The Komadugu Gana River or Misau River is a river in the Chad Basin in northeastern Nigeria that joins the Yobe River at Damasak, in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State.Mortimore, MichaelAdapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and Des ...
.(16 September 2002)Dufuna Canoe: A Bridge Across 8,000 Years
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Daily Trust
Media Trust is a privately held Nigerian newspaper publishing company based in Abuja that publishes the English-language ''Daily Trust'', ''Weekly Trust'', ''Sunday Trust'' and the Hausa-language ''Aminiya'' newspapers, as well as a new pan-Afr ...
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See also
*List of Local Government Areas in Yobe State
Yobe was created on 27 August 1991. It is a mainly agricultural state, and it is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; its largest and most populated city is Po ...
References
Local Government Areas in Yobe State {{Yobe-geo-stub