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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="مايدوغوري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مايدوغوري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayduquri" title="Mayduquri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mayduquri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="مایدوقوری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مایدوقوری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Майдугури – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Майдугури" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri_(kapital_sa_estado)" title="Maiduguri (kapital sa estado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Maiduguri (kapital sa estado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B9" title="Μαϊντούγκουρι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μαϊντούγκουρι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="مایدوگوری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مایدوگوری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%EB%91%90%EA%B5%AC%EB%A6%AC" title="마이두구리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마이두구리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%AB" title="Մայդուգուրի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մայդուգուրի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99" title="מיידוגורי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיידוגורי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="მაიდუგური – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მაიდუგური" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguris" title="Maiduguris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Maiduguris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Мајдугури – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мајдугури" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%89" title="ميدجرى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ميدجرى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA" title="マイドゥグリ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マイドゥグリ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Майдугури – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Майдугури" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Maiduguri" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/250px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/375px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/500px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.628%;left:85.801%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Maiduguri"><img alt="Maiduguri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°50′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">13°09′15″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.83722°N 13.15417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.83722; 13.15417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Borno_State" title="Borno State">Borno</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">105.5 km<sup>2</sup> (40.7 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">320 m (1,050 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022 projection)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">791,200</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">7,500/km<sup>2</sup> (19,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP (PPP, 2015 int. Dollar)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2023</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$6 billion<sup id="cite_ref-TelluBase_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelluBase-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$7,100</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate#Hot_semi-arid_climates" title="Semi-arid climate">BSh</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_a7be8857a5bb1278a23adf768526ce93e0112a91"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Maiduguri&revid=1250148348&groups=_a7be8857a5bb1278a23adf768526ce93e0112a91" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Maiduguri&revid=1250148348&groups=_a7be8857a5bb1278a23adf768526ce93e0112a91 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Maiduguri</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">my-<span style="font-size:90%">DOO</span>-guurr-ee</i></a>) is the capital and the largest city of <a href="/wiki/Borno_State" title="Borno State">Borno State</a> in north-eastern <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, on the continent of Africa. The city sits along the seasonal <a href="/wiki/Ngadda_River" title="Ngadda River">Ngadda River</a> which disappears into the <i>Firki</i> swamps in the areas around <a href="/wiki/Lake_Chad" title="Lake Chad">Lake Chad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maiduguri was founded in 1907 as a <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> outpost by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">British Empire</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria" title="Colonial Nigeria">colonial period</a>. As of 2022, Maiduguri is estimated to have a population of approximately two million people, in the metropolitan area.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_period">Early period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rabih_statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Rabih_statue.jpg/220px-Rabih_statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Rabih_statue.jpg/330px-Rabih_statue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Rabih_statue.jpg/440px-Rabih_statue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="/wiki/Rabih_az-Zubayr" title="Rabih az-Zubayr">Rabih az-Zubayr</a> at Maiduguri National Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The region was home to the <a href="/wiki/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire" title="Kanem–Bornu Empire">Kanem–Bornu Empire</a> for centuries. Maiduguri actually consists of two cities: Yerwa to the West and Old Maiduguri to the east. Yerwa was founded in 1907 by <a href="/wiki/Abubakar_Garbai_of_Borno" title="Abubakar Garbai of Borno">Abubakar Garbai of Borno</a> as the capital of the Bornu Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-Vincent_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vincent-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The location had before that been a small village known as Kalwa. This involved the transfer of the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Kanuri_people" title="Kanuri people">Kanuri people</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kukawa" title="Kukawa">Kukawa</a>. </p><p>Old Maiduguri was selected by the British as their military headquarters in 1908, replacing <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mafoni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mafoni (page does not exist)">Mafoni</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year it became the location for the British Resident Commissioner over British Bornu. In 1957, Yerwa became the designated name for the urban centre while 'Maiduguri' was officially applied as the name of the surrounding rural area. In 1964 the railway was extended here which led to its rise as a major commercial center in the region. </p><p>The city was once known as a "hub of Islamic scholarship in West Africa that ... [taught] tolerance and hospitality like its welcoming <a href="/wiki/Azadirachta_indica" title="Azadirachta indica">neem</a> trees."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maiduguri is one of the fifteen Local Government Areas (LGAs) that constitute the <a href="/wiki/Borno_Emirate" title="Borno Emirate">Borno Emirate</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_traditional_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian traditional states">traditional state</a> located in Borno State, Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islamist_violence">Islamist violence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Islamist violence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Since the mid-1960s, Maiduguri has witnessed outbreaks of large inter-religious riots with members of religious sects leading intercommunal violence in 1982 and 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ETH-BIB-Maiduguri-_Amulette_sch%C3%BCtzen_vor_b%C3%B6sen_Geistern-Tschadseeflug_1930-31-LBS_MH02-08-0765.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/ETH-BIB-Maiduguri-_Amulette_sch%C3%BCtzen_vor_b%C3%B6sen_Geistern-Tschadseeflug_1930-31-LBS_MH02-08-0765.tif/lossy-page1-220px-ETH-BIB-Maiduguri-_Amulette_sch%C3%BCtzen_vor_b%C3%B6sen_Geistern-Tschadseeflug_1930-31-LBS_MH02-08-0765.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/ETH-BIB-Maiduguri-_Amulette_sch%C3%BCtzen_vor_b%C3%B6sen_Geistern-Tschadseeflug_1930-31-LBS_MH02-08-0765.tif/lossy-page1-330px-ETH-BIB-Maiduguri-_Amulette_sch%C3%BCtzen_vor_b%C3%B6sen_Geistern-Tschadseeflug_1930-31-LBS_MH02-08-0765.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/ETH-BIB-Maiduguri-_Amulette_sch%C3%BCtzen_vor_b%C3%B6sen_Geistern-Tschadseeflug_1930-31-LBS_MH02-08-0765.tif/lossy-page1-440px-ETH-BIB-Maiduguri-_Amulette_sch%C3%BCtzen_vor_b%C3%B6sen_Geistern-Tschadseeflug_1930-31-LBS_MH02-08-0765.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4961" data-file-height="3639" /></a><figcaption>A photograph of a man and child in Maiduguri during 1930-31, from the collection of <a href="/wiki/ETH_Library" title="ETH Library">ETH Library</a> in Switzerland. The town had become a centre for commerce and colonial administration by the early 20th century.</figcaption></figure><p>On 18 February 2006, riots related to the <a href="/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy" title="Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy">Muhammad cartoons</a> published by the Danish newspaper <a href="/wiki/Jyllands-Posten" title="Jyllands-Posten">Jyllands-Posten</a> left at least 15 people dead, and resulted in the destruction of approximately 12 churches. Soldiers and police quelled the riots, and the government temporarily imposed a curfew.<sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-reliefweb_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reliefweb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, <a href="/wiki/Muslim_cleric" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim cleric">Muslim cleric</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Yusuf_(Boko_Haram)" title="Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)">Mohammed Yusuf</a> founded the <a href="/wiki/Islamist" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamist">Islamist</a> <a href="/wiki/Jihadist" class="mw-redirect" title="Jihadist">jihadist</a> group <a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram</a> in Maiduguri, establishing a <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Madrasa" title="Madrasa">madrasa</a> that attracted children from poor Muslim families from both Nigeria and neighboring countries.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Boko_Haram_attacks">Boko Haram attacks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Boko Haram attacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is the heart of the Boko Haram insurgency<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the city which is most often attacked by the group.<sup id="cite_ref-CNBC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNBC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late July 2009, Maiduguri was the worst-hit location of <a href="/wiki/2009_Boko_Haram_uprising" title="2009 Boko Haram uprising">major religious violence in northern Nigeria</a> committed by Boko Haram, which left over 700 people dead. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IDP_Camp_Maiduguri_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/IDP_Camp_Maiduguri_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg/224px-IDP_Camp_Maiduguri_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/IDP_Camp_Maiduguri_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg/336px-IDP_Camp_Maiduguri_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/IDP_Camp_Maiduguri_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg/448px-IDP_Camp_Maiduguri_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">internally displaced persons</a> camp near the city sheltering people who are escaping harassment from Boko Haram</figcaption></figure> <p>On 14 May 2013, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a> declared a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> in northeast Nigeria, including Borno State, due to the militant activity of Boko Haram.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entire city was under overnight <a href="/wiki/Curfew" title="Curfew">curfew</a>, and trucks were only restricted to dusk-dawn from entering t protect civilian lives in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twelve areas of the city that are known to be strongholds of Boko Haram are under permanent curfew.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 June 2013, Boko Haram militants attacked a school as students were taking an exam; nine students were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, Boko Haram bombed Maiduguri <a href="/wiki/January_2014_Maiduguri_bombing" title="January 2014 Maiduguri bombing">in January</a>, <a href="/wiki/July_2014_Maiduguri_bombing" title="July 2014 Maiduguri bombing">in July</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=November_2014_Maiduguri_bombings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="November 2014 Maiduguri bombings (page does not exist)">in November</a>. </p><p>On 10 January 2015, <a href="/wiki/January_2015_Maiduguri_suicide_bombing" title="January 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing">a bomb attack</a> was executed at the Monday Market in Maiduguri, killing 19 people.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early hours of 25 January, Boko Haram launched a major assault on the city.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 January, CNN reported that the attack on Maiduguri by "hundreds of gunmen" had been repelled, but the nearby town of <a href="/wiki/Monguno" title="Monguno">Monguno</a> was captured by Boko Haram.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nigerian Army claimed to have successfully repelled another attack on Maiduguri on 31 January 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 February 2015, Monguno subsequently fell to the Nigerian military in a coordinated air and ground assault. <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 March 2015, <a href="/wiki/March_2015_Maiduguri_suicide_bombing" title="March 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing">five suicide bomb blasts</a> left 54 dead and 143 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 May 2015, Boko Haram launched another attack on the city, killing thirteen people.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2017 Boko Haram <a href="/wiki/2017_Maiduguri_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Maiduguri attack">again bombed</a> Maiduguri.<sup id="cite_ref-CNBC_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNBC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Giwa_barracks">Giwa barracks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Giwa barracks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundabout_in_Maiduguri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Roundabout_in_Maiduguri.jpg/220px-Roundabout_in_Maiduguri.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Roundabout_in_Maiduguri.jpg/330px-Roundabout_in_Maiduguri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Roundabout_in_Maiduguri.jpg/440px-Roundabout_in_Maiduguri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2967" /></a><figcaption>One of the roundabout in Maiduguri</figcaption></figure> <p>The Giwa barracks and detention centre in Maiduguri has been subject to multiple attacks by Boko Haram. In 2014, reports suggested that 600 people were killed in an attack, though most were detainees killed by soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was attacked in January/February 2015, bombed in March 2015, and attacked again in May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2016, <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> released a report on the Giwa barracks detention centre, calling it a "place of death." The report alleges the facilities house about 1,200 people (including 120 children) and that many of these were detained arbitrarily. It further claims that 149 detainees had died in the first half of 2016, including 11 children.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, Amnesty International (AI) and Concerned Nigerians (CN) called for investigation into alleged abuse of women and children in the facility.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tramadol" title="Tramadol">Tramadol</a> addiction has become a concern in the Maiduguri region, as Boko Haram fighters and local residents turn to the drug to cope with physical pain, personal loss, and the emotional consequences of violence.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borno_Boy_Canoeing_in_the_River_in_Maiduguri_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Borno_Boy_Canoeing_in_the_River_in_Maiduguri_%281%29.jpg/220px-Borno_Boy_Canoeing_in_the_River_in_Maiduguri_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Borno_Boy_Canoeing_in_the_River_in_Maiduguri_%281%29.jpg/330px-Borno_Boy_Canoeing_in_the_River_in_Maiduguri_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Borno_Boy_Canoeing_in_the_River_in_Maiduguri_%281%29.jpg/440px-Borno_Boy_Canoeing_in_the_River_in_Maiduguri_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>A boy navigating the nearby <a href="/wiki/Ngadda_River" title="Ngadda River">Ngadda River</a> in a traditional canoe design.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen%E2%80%93Geiger_climate_classification_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen–Geiger climate classification system">Köppen–Geiger climate classification system</a> classifies its climate as <a href="/wiki/Hot_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot semi-arid climate">hot semi-arid</a> (<i>BSh</i>). </p><p>The highest record temperature was 47 °C (116.6 °F) on 28 May 1983, while the lowest record temperature was 5 °C (41 °F) on 26 December 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-Voodoo_Skies_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voodoo_Skies-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tree_planting" title="Tree planting">Tree planting</a> was a priority of the city's colonial administration, and large trees along major roads give protection from intense sun.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Normal_temperature_in_Maiduguri">Normal temperature in Maiduguri</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Normal temperature in Maiduguri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The hot season goes on for 2.4 months, from March 13 to May 26, with a typical everyday high temperature above 102 °F or 38.9 °C. The most blazing month of the year in Maiduguri is May, with a typical high of 103 °F or 39.4 °C and low of 79 °F or 26.1 °C. </p><p>The cool season goes on for 2.1 months, from July 20 to September 23, with a typical everyday high temperature underneath 92 °F or 33.3 °C. The coldest month of the year in Maiduguri is January, with a typical low of 59 °F or 15 °C and high of 92 °F or 33.3 °C. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Maiduguri </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40<br />(104) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42<br />(108) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44<br />(111) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46<br />(115) </td> <td style="background: #B30000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47<br />(117) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42<br />(108) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #B30000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47<br />(117) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(94.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF0900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.1<br />(104.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF0E00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(102.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(91.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(92.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(90.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5<br />(41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.01) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #D1FFD1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(1.20) </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.8<br />(2.91) </td> <td style="background: #23FF23; color:#000000;" class="notheme">147.1<br />(5.79) </td> <td style="background: #00DE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">193.2<br />(7.61) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.0<br />(3.27) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(0.44) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.00) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">552.1<br />(21.74) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 15:00 <a href="/wiki/Standard_time" title="Standard time">LST</a>)</span> </th> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4 </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.4 </td> <td style="background: #2A2AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">55.5 </td> <td style="background: #0C0CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.4 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54.8 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2 </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">266.6 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">249.2 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">257.3 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">237.0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">263.5 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">249.0 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">217.0 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">204.6 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">225.0 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">285.2 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">282.0 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">275.9 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,012.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC05; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #EDED09; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA,<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Climate Charts</i> (latitude: 11°51'N<span style="margin:2px">;</span> longitude: 013°05'E<span style="margin:2px">;</span> elevation: <span style="margin-right:2px">354m, 1161'</span>)<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_Charts_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate_Charts-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <i>Voodoo Skies</i> for record temperatures<sup id="cite_ref-Voodoo_Skies_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voodoo_Skies-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Self-contradictory plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Accuracy dispute"><img alt="Exclamation mark with arrows pointing at each other" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/38px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/57px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/76px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article or section <b>appears to contradict itself</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please see the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Maiduguri" title="Talk:Maiduguri">talk page</a> for more information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Maiduguri is estimated to have a population of 1,907,600, as of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It grew in size by 15.1 km<sup>2</sup> (5.8 sq mi) between 2002 and 2012.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Its residents are mostly Muslim including <a href="/wiki/Kanuri_people" title="Kanuri people">Kanuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hausa_people" title="Hausa people">Hausa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shuwa_Arabic" class="mw-redirect" title="Shuwa Arabic">Shuwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bura_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bura people">Bura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marghi_people" title="Marghi people">Marghi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fulbe" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulbe">Fulani</a> ethnic groups. There is also a considerable <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Africa" title="Christianity in Africa">Christian</a> population and people from Southern states such as the <a href="/wiki/Igbo_people" title="Igbo people">Igbo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ijaw_people" title="Ijaw people">Ijaw</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a>. </p><p>Maiduguri had 22 <a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">internally displaced persons</a> camps in 2019, including Shagari camp with 48 households, and Cherubim & Seraphim camp with 65 households.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NYC (National Youth Service) in Maiduguri housed 4,800 displaced people in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goni Kachallari had 340 families in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Languages spoken in the camps include <a href="/wiki/Fula_language" title="Fula language">Fulani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fula_language" title="Fula language">Fulfulde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wandala_language" title="Wandala language">Gamargu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hausa_language" title="Hausa language">Hausa</a> (8.4% native speakers), <a href="/wiki/Kanuri_language" title="Kanuri language">Kanuri</a> (53.5% native speakers), <a href="/wiki/Chadian_Arabic" title="Chadian Arabic">Shuwa Arabic</a>, and Marghi (15.6%). About a third of survey respondents had comprehension of a simple English audio sample; close to 100% had comprehension of audio messaging in either Hausa or Kanuri.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air_pollution">Air pollution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Air pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of chemical reactions involving moving vehicles and the release of gases that can cause inhalation into the deepest parts of the lung, Maiduguri is currently experiencing particulate dust, a harmful air pollutant.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Rail_Carriages_Borno_State_Maiduguri_Nigeria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Old_Rail_Carriages_Borno_State_Maiduguri_Nigeria.jpg/220px-Old_Rail_Carriages_Borno_State_Maiduguri_Nigeria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Old_Rail_Carriages_Borno_State_Maiduguri_Nigeria.jpg/330px-Old_Rail_Carriages_Borno_State_Maiduguri_Nigeria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Old_Rail_Carriages_Borno_State_Maiduguri_Nigeria.jpg/440px-Old_Rail_Carriages_Borno_State_Maiduguri_Nigeria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4240" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Old Rail Carriages at the Maiduguri rail station. The station is the end of line for connecting Maiduguri with other major cities.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borno_Express.jpg_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Borno_Express.jpg_01.jpg/220px-Borno_Express.jpg_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Borno_Express.jpg_01.jpg/330px-Borno_Express.jpg_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Borno_Express.jpg_01.jpg/440px-Borno_Express.jpg_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Terminus in Maiduguri </figcaption></figure> <p>The city lies at the end of a <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Nigeria" title="Rail transport in Nigeria">railway line</a> connecting <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enugu" title="Enugu">Enugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kafanchan" title="Kafanchan">Kafanchan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuru,_Nigeria" title="Kuru, Nigeria">Kuru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bauchi" title="Bauchi">Bauchi</a>, and finally Maiduguri.<sup id="cite_ref-nigeriafirst_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nigeriafirst-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is served by the <a href="/wiki/Maiduguri_International_Airport" title="Maiduguri International Airport">Maiduguri International Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baga_Road_Market_Maiduguri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Baga_Road_Market_Maiduguri.jpg/220px-Baga_Road_Market_Maiduguri.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Baga_Road_Market_Maiduguri.jpg/330px-Baga_Road_Market_Maiduguri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Baga_Road_Market_Maiduguri.jpg/440px-Baga_Road_Market_Maiduguri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1802" data-file-height="1837" /></a><figcaption>Baga Road Market Maiduguri</figcaption></figure> <p>Maiduguri is the principal trading hub for north-eastern Nigeria. Its economy is largely based on services and trade with a small share of manufacturing. </p><p>Maiduguri is home to three markets which include a modern "Monday market". that has a spectacular image view. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maiduguri_City_Gate_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Maiduguri_City_Gate_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg/220px-Maiduguri_City_Gate_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Maiduguri_City_Gate_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg/330px-Maiduguri_City_Gate_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Maiduguri_City_Gate_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg/440px-Maiduguri_City_Gate_Borno_State_Nigeria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4240" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>The city gate to the city of Maiduguri, with location transportation and larger personal vehicles. Maiduguri is a regional trading hub with traffic and goods flowing in and out of the city from all directions, as communities bring goods to trade.</figcaption></figure> <p>The city has an appealing layout,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with wide, well-maintained streets, sidewalks and flood management ditches. Electricity is provided by grid connections, solar power and by generators.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The values of land and properties are high.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2009 survey of property markets in Nigeria positioned Maiduguri as the third most expensive for buying and renting in after <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>. </p><p>A journalist who described local commerce wrote that "on the edge of the city, never-ending lines of lorries spend days waiting to take their cargoes to <a href="/wiki/Dikwa" title="Dikwa">Dikwa</a> and beyond to neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Transport of goods to land-locked countries such as Chad, Central African Republic and Sudan" has suffered due to road ambushes.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rural-urban migration to Maiduguri, combined with migration from Chad, Niger and Cameroon, has led to increases in poverty and unemployment<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Firewood" title="Firewood">Firewood</a> gathering is a source of income for newer residents who have been displaced by violence, and the harvest shortfalls resulting from <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>. Members of Maiduguri's official Association of Firewood Sellers provide labor for <a href="/wiki/Reforestation" title="Reforestation">tree replanting</a> efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An additional source of support for displaced persons is a mobile phone-based cash distribution site which was set up by the <a href="/wiki/World_Food_Programme" title="World Food Programme">World Food Programme</a> and the Nigerian Government.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramat_Polytechnic_Maiduguri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ramat_Polytechnic_Maiduguri.jpg/220px-Ramat_Polytechnic_Maiduguri.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ramat_Polytechnic_Maiduguri.jpg/330px-Ramat_Polytechnic_Maiduguri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ramat_Polytechnic_Maiduguri.jpg/440px-Ramat_Polytechnic_Maiduguri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1906" /></a><figcaption> Main Gate of <a href="/wiki/Ramat_Polytechnic" title="Ramat Polytechnic">Ramat Polytechnic</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al%27ansar_university.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Al%27ansar_university.jpg/220px-Al%27ansar_university.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Al%27ansar_university.jpg/330px-Al%27ansar_university.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Al%27ansar_university.jpg/440px-Al%27ansar_university.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2916" data-file-height="1777" /></a><figcaption>Al'ansar University maiduguri, Borno state </figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maiduguri" title="University of Maiduguri">University of Maiduguri</a> was founded in 1975. There is also the College of Medical Sciences. Other higher institutions include the <a href="/wiki/Borno_State_University" title="Borno State University">Borno State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramat_Polytechnic" title="Ramat Polytechnic">Ramat Polytechnic</a>, College of Agriculture and College of Education, Muhammad Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies, College of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Technology and El-kanemi College of Islamic Theology, Annahada College of Science and Islamic Studies. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UNIMAID_GATE_ONE_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/UNIMAID_GATE_ONE_%281%29.jpg/220px-UNIMAID_GATE_ONE_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/UNIMAID_GATE_ONE_%281%29.jpg/330px-UNIMAID_GATE_ONE_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/UNIMAID_GATE_ONE_%281%29.jpg/440px-UNIMAID_GATE_ONE_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2052" /></a><figcaption>University of Maiduguri main gate, Borno state </figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2011, the Future Prowess Islamic School provided a free, co-ed Western and Islamic education to orphans and vulnerable children.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_worship">Places of worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Places of worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Mosque_Maiduguri_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Central_Mosque_Maiduguri_2.jpg/220px-Central_Mosque_Maiduguri_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Central_Mosque_Maiduguri_2.jpg/330px-Central_Mosque_Maiduguri_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Central_Mosque_Maiduguri_2.jpg/440px-Central_Mosque_Maiduguri_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1785" /></a><figcaption>Central Mosque of Maiduguri</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indimi_Jumma%27a_mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Indimi_Jumma%27a_mosque.jpg/220px-Indimi_Jumma%27a_mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Indimi_Jumma%27a_mosque.jpg/330px-Indimi_Jumma%27a_mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Indimi_Jumma%27a_mosque.jpg/440px-Indimi_Jumma%27a_mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="2496" /></a><figcaption>Indumi jummu'at mosque Maiduguri Borno state </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Patrick%27s_Catholic_Cathedral_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/St._Patrick%27s_Catholic_Cathedral_Church.jpg/220px-St._Patrick%27s_Catholic_Cathedral_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/St._Patrick%27s_Catholic_Cathedral_Church.jpg/330px-St._Patrick%27s_Catholic_Cathedral_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/St._Patrick%27s_Catholic_Cathedral_Church.jpg/440px-St._Patrick%27s_Catholic_Cathedral_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1841" data-file-height="1608" /></a><figcaption>St. Patrick's Catholic Church Maiduguri.</figcaption></figure> <p>Places of worship are predominantly Muslim <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosques</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also Christian churches and temples: <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Nigeria" title="Church of Nigeria">Church of Nigeria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>), <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Brethren_in_Nigeria" title="Church of the Brethren in Nigeria">Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN)</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Nigeria" title="Presbyterian Church of Nigeria">Presbyterian Church of Nigeria</a> (<a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a>), <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Baptist_Convention" title="Nigerian Baptist Convention">Nigerian Baptist Convention</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baptist_World_Alliance" title="Baptist World Alliance">Baptist World Alliance</a>), <a href="/wiki/Living_Faith_Church_Worldwide" title="Living Faith Church Worldwide">Living Faith Church Worldwide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Redeemed_Christian_Church_of_God" title="Redeemed Christian Church of God">Redeemed Christian Church of God</a>, Assemblies of God, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Maiduguri" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri">Roman Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_and_leisure">Sports and leisure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sports and leisure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maiduguri is home to the <a href="/wiki/El-Kanemi_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="El-Kanemi Warriors">El-Kanemi Warriors</a>, a football team and the city has an active local football league.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kyarimi Park is the oldest and largest zoo in Nigeria. The zoo attracts thousands of visitors per year. The city is within a short driving distance to picnic areas in Alo Lake and Zambiza game reserve. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Railway_stations_in_Nigeria" title="Railway stations in Nigeria">Railway stations in Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maiduguri" title="University of Maiduguri">University of Maiduguri</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maiduguri&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.citypopulation.de/php/nigeria-admin.php?adm1id=NGA008">"Borno (State, Nigeria) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location"</a>. citypopulation.de<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Ikenna Emewu. Daily Sun (Nigeria), 7 August 2004.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358466/Maiduguri">"Maiduguri."</a> Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. accessed 3 April 2009</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/887355.stm">Nigeria's Borno state adopts Sharia</a>. Barnaby Phillips, BBC. Saturday, 19 August 2000.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.france24.com/en/20160922-nigerian-photojournalist-fati-abubakar-bitsofborno-life-maiduguri-beyond-boko-haram">Nigerian photographer captures Maiduguri life beyond Boko Haram</a>, 23-9-2016</li> <li>Rupert Kawka (ed), Ibrahim Walad, Frauke Jäger, Rupert Kawka et al. From Bulamari to Yerwa to Metropolitan Maiduguri. Interdisciplinary Studies on the Capital of Borno State, Nigeria. Series: Westafrikanische Studien Volume 24. 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