Yola ( eng. Yola ) - a city in eastern Nigeria , the capital of Adamawa .
| City | |
| Yola | |
|---|---|
| English Yola | |
| A country |  Nigeria |
| State | Adamava |
| History and geography | |
| Square | |
| Center height | 190 m |
| Timezone | |
| Population | |
| Population | 88,500 people ( 2004 ) |
The population is 88 500 people. (2004).
It is located by the Benue River and about 800 km above its confluence into the r. Niger .
Until 1955, the city consisted of two districts: the old Yola, where the residence of the Emir is located, and the new part of Yola-Dzhimeta (now allocated to a separate city). Great influence on the emergence and development of Yola-Dzhimeta had the Europeans, who here in 1980 built a bridge on the river. Benue , built new roads, cottages, etc.
Most of the trade in Yola has now moved to the town of Dzhimeta .
In the second half of the rainy season - from July to October, the Benue River is available for navigation.
In the Yola region, peanuts, cotton, and animal skins are collected, which are sent for sale to the Niger Delta at the ports of Burutu and Warri.
Trade in sorghum, millet, nuts, sweet potatoes, rice, sugarcane, peanuts, onions, peppers, indigo, fish, cattle, goats, poultry, sheep, and cotton is developed.
Climate
| Climate Yola | |||||||||||||
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| Indicator | Jan. | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sen | Oct. | Nov. | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | 36 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 34.5 |
| Average temperature, ° C | 25.6 | 28.4 | 31.5 | 32.1 | 30.1 | 27.6 | 26,6 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 25.4 | 28.1 |
| Average minimum, ° C | 18 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | nineteen | 17 | 21.7 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 0 | 0 | four | 51 | 101 | 137 | 176 | 210 | 185 | 48 | five | 0 | 917 |
| Source: http://www.climatedata.eu/climate.php?loc=nizz0009&lang=en , http://www.levoyageur.net/weather-city-YOLA.html | |||||||||||||
History
The name of the city comes from the word yolde , which in Fula means settlement on a dais . Yola was founded in 1841 and developed as the administrative and political center of the Adamawa emirate when the founder of the Emirate of Fula, Moddibo Adama , founded the Yola settlement for the Fulbe jihad against the indigenous peoples of Bath (Batta) and Vere (Verre ).
In 1891, Lieutenant Louis Mizon, persuaded the emir to recognize French territorial claims. By 1893, the British extended their control over this part of the emirate, and shortly thereafter, the Royal Niger Company established a trade office in the city. In 1901, Emir Lauwal Zubeiru forced the company to leave Yola, but after the intervention of the British expeditionary units, the position of the British and the Royal Niger Company were restored.
In 1914, the German colonialists invaded Yola from Cameroon , but the British kept the city.
The city has the Federal University of Technology (founded in 1981), the central mosque and the Roman Catholic Church.
Built airport.
Links
- Encyklopedia Britannica. Yola (Eng.)