Mubi

Mubi
	City
Mubi
	English Mubi
A country	Nigeria
State	Adamawa
History and Geography
Center height	580 m
Timezone	UTC + 1
Population
Population	102 182 people ( 2012 )

Mubi is a city in northeastern Nigeria , in the state of Adamawa . It is part of the Northern Mubi local government area .

Content

1 Geographical location
2 population
3 Transport
4 Acts of terrorism
5 See also
6 notes

Geographical position

The city is located in the north-eastern part of the state, in the foothills of the Mandara Range, near the border with Cameroon . The absolute height is 580 meters above sea level ^[1] . Mubi is located approximately 142 kilometers southwest of Yola , the state’s administrative center, and 642 kilometers east-northeast (ENE) of Abuja , the country's capital.

Population

According to the 1991 census, the population of Mubi was 128,900 people ^[2] . The dynamics of the population of the city by years:


1991	2012
128 900	102 182 ^[3]

Transport

The nearest airport is Garoua (Cameroon) ^[1] .

Acts of Terrorism

In 2012, militants from the radical Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram carried out two attacks on residents of the city of Mubi:

On January 6, there was an attack on a funeral procession consisting of Christians. Killed 48 people ^[4] .
On October 2, militants shot students at a local polytechnic college. 27 people were killed, at least 15 people were injured ^[5] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Mubi, Nigeria Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment December 11, 2013.
↑ The provinces of Nigeria and all cities of more than 40,000 inhabitants . Date of treatment October 4, 2013.
↑ Nigeria: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 15, 2011. Archived June 26, 2012.
↑ The Muslim sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks against Christians in Nigeria , ITAR-TASS (January 6, 2012).
↑ In Nigeria, students were shot dead for several hours - 27 dead , ITAR-TASS (October 2, 2012).

[fallingrain-1] ¹ ² Mubi, Nigeria Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment December 11, 2013.

[2] The provinces of Nigeria and all cities of more than 40,000 inhabitants . Date of treatment October 4, 2013.

[3] Nigeria: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 15, 2011. Archived June 26, 2012.

[4] The Muslim sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks against Christians in Nigeria , ITAR-TASS (January 6, 2012).

[5] In Nigeria, students were shot dead for several hours - 27 dead , ITAR-TASS (October 2, 2012).