ADAMAWA STATE AT A GLANCE
Adamawa State (also known as the Land of beauty) was created on 27th August 1991 alongside Taraba State from defunct Gongola State with Yola as its Capital. it is located in the North-East of Nigeria. It seats on a land area of 36, 917 square kilometers making it one the largest States in Nigeria placing it at 8th just behind Zamfara at 7th. It is bordered to the Northwest by Borno State, Gombe State to the West and Taraba State to the Southwest. It also shares International borders with Cameroon to the East. The State has 3 Senatorial Districts, 8 Federal Constituencies and 21 Local Government Areas as shown in the table below:
POPULATION
The 2006 National Population census place Adamawa at 26th in Nigeria with a Population figure of 3,178,950 comprising 1, 561, 978 Females and 1, 606, 101 Males. Its projected Population is placed at 4,902,100 as at 2021.
CLIMATE AND WEATHER
It has tropical climate occasioned by two seasons: Dry season (October to April) and; Rainy season (May to September). The average annual rainfall is 79mm up North especially around Michika and Madagali areas. The average annual in the South especially, around Ganye and Toungo is 179mm. The Weather conditions comprises moderate to extremely cold Weather during the Harmattan accompanied by dusty winds from the Sahara (September to February) and extremely hot Weather (March to April). Average temperatures range from 15.2 o C in some regions during harmattan to 43 o C in others when the Weather is hot.
VEGETATION
There are two notable vegetation zones within the State: The Sub-sudan zone and; the Northern Guinea Savannah zone. The sub- sudan is marked by thick forest, tall trees and tall grasses commonly found in the southern part of the State especially in temperate areas of Banga plateau of Mayo-belwa Local Government Area and some villages of Ganye and Toungo Local Government Areas.
Cash crops grown by the people include cotton, cowpea, bambaranuts, tomatoes, onions, pepper, and sugarcane among others. Fruits produced in the State include pawpaw, guava, cashew, mango, banana and orange.
The soil condition in the State favour's the cultivation of wide range of crops. The soils found in the State include LUVISOLS, CAMBISOLS and VERTISOLS among others.