Akko is a

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of Gombe,

Gombe State Gombe State (; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in North East (Nigeria), northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Borno State, Borno in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa Dam, Dadin Kowa and Yobe S ...

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. Its headquarters is in

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town on the A345 highway south of the state capital Gombe, about 40 km away. Kumo (headquarter) is a cosmopolitan communities of more than 30 differents tribes, ranging from the dominant

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tribe to Tangale,

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and other minorities.

also serves as the second-largest in the state centre after Gombe Local Government Area, the local government area is made up of three major districts and 11 wards. Akko

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Area was created for the main purpose of establishing link between the people at the grassroots, state and the central government levels. Akko Local Government Area Secretariat, Kumo,

Gombe state Gombe State (; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in North East (Nigeria), northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Borno State, Borno in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa Dam, Dadin Kowa and Yobe S ...

Akko local government area is under Gombe state, and the current governor is Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, is governing under

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(APC) political party. The Chairman of Akko local government is Alhaji Abubakar Usaman. Akko Local Government Area is located in

town and the area council consists of

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, Gona, Kumo, Pindiga, Garin Garba, Jalingo, Jauro Tukur, Kembu, Kumo North, Kumo East, Panda, Kumo Central, Lergo, Garin Liman Kumo, Mararraban-Tumu, Tashan Magarya, and many more. The town of Akko, from which the name of the local government area is originated, is west of Gombe at .

Geomorphology of Akko

The 2627

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Akko local government region has an estimated 39 percent

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and an estimated 8 km/h

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speed. The dry and wet seasons are the two main seasons in the region, and the average

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in Akko LGA is reported to be 30

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. Akko has a

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of 337,853 at the 2006

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. The

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of the area is 771102 to 771104. There are about 100 secondary schools in Akko LGA.

The economy of Akko

With markets like the Tike, Babbar Kusawa, and Tashar Gwari bringing in tens of thousands of buyers and sellers each year,

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

and

commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

are two of the main drivers of the Akko LGA's

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Government

The

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Chairman and Deputy Chairman are Abubakar Usman Barambu and Mahmud Saleh Tabra respectively. They are both from the

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. The local government area is made up of three major Emirates namely: Akko, Gona and Pindiga.

Market days

As in most northern states of

, there is much agricultural activity including the following: *

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s *

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* Groundnut *

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es *

Most of this produce finds its way into the local markets with specific days allotted for towns and villages: * Monday: Garko, Pindiga & Kalshingi * Tuesday: Kashere * Wednesday: None * Thursday: Kumo * Friday: Kembu * Saturday: Tumu, Kalshingi * Sunday: Tukulma

Wards in Akko Local Government Area

There are 11 wards that exist in Akko Local Government area # Akko # Garko # Kalshingi # Kashere # Kumo Central # Kumo East # Kumo North # Kumo West # Pindiga # Tumu # Tukulma

Climate

The

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season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's axial tilt, tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperat ...

in Akko is oppressive and cloudy, the

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The t ...

is partly cloudy, and it's hot all year round. The average annual

ranges from 56 to 99 degrees

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with very little variation below or above 103 degrees.

Lowest Typical Temperature in Akko

With an average daily high

of 95 °F, the hot season lasts for 2.3 months, from 19 February to 28 April. With an average high of 97 °F and low of 73 °F, April is the hottest month of the year in Akko.

Highest Typical Temperature in Akko

With an average daily maximum

below 84 °F, the cool season lasts for 3.0 months, from 8 July to 8 October. December is the coldest month of the year in Akko, with average lows of 57 °F and highs of 89 °F.

Akko's Cloud

Source: The average proportion of sky covered by clouds in Akko varies significantly seasonally throughout the year. Around 5 November marks the start of Akko's clearer season, which lasts for four months and ends around 5 March. In Akko, January is the clearest month of the year, with the sky remaining clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 57% of the time. Beginning at 5 March and lasting for 8.0 months, the cloudier period of the year ends around 5 November. May is the cloudiest month of the year in Akko, with the sky being

overcast Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring at least 95% of the sky. However, the total cloud cover must not be entirely due to obscuring phenomena near ...

or mostly cloudy 77% of the time on average during this month.

Akko's Precipitation

A day that was at least 0.04

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es (or the equivalent) in depth of

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or liquid-equivalent

precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rain and snow mixed ("sleet" in Commonwe ...

. In Akko, the likelihood of rainy days fluctuates wildly throughout the year. Between 25 May and 6 October, which is the

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of the wetter season, there is a larger than 43% probability that any given day would be rainy. In Akko, August has an average of 26.0 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation, making it the month with the most rainy days. From 6 October to 25 May, there are 7.6 months during which it is drier. The month with the least number of days with at least 0.04 inches of

in Akko is December, with an average of 0.0 days.

References

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External links

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