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Line 1: {{Short description\|LGA in Borno State, Nigeria}} {{Use Nigerian English\|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement \| official_name = =Bama, Nigeria \| other_name = = \| native_name = \| nickname = \| settlement_type = [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria\|LGA]] and town \| motto = = \| image_skyline = Foodstock and people =at the market in Bama Borno State Nigeria.jpg \| imagesize = \| image_caption = \| image_flag = \| flag_size = = \| image_seal = \| seal_size = = \| image_map = = \| mapsize = \| map_caption = = \| pushpin_map = = \| pushpin_label_position = \| pushpin_mapsize = \| pushpin_map_caption = = \| subdivision_type = Country \| subdivision_name = ={{flag\|Nigeria}} \| subdivision_type1 = [[States of Nigeria\|State]] \| subdivision_name1 = =[[Borno State]] \| subdivision_type2 = = \| subdivision_name2 = = \| subdivision_type3 = \| subdivision_name3 = \| government_footnotes = \| government_type = = \| leader_title = = \| leader_name = = \| established_title = \| established_date = \| area_magnitude = \| unit_pref = =Imperial \| area_footnotes = = \| area_total_km2 = = \| area_land_km2 = = \| population_as_of = =2006 \| population_footnotes = = \| population_note = = \| population_total = = \| population_density_km2 = = \| timezone = =[[West Africa Time\|WAT]] \| utc_offset = +1 \| timezone_DST = = \| utc_offset_DST = \| coordinates = \| module = {{Infobox mapframe\|wikidata=yes\|zoom=8\|marker=village\|coord={{WikidataCoord\|display=i}}}} \| elevation_footnotes = \| elevation_m = \| elevation_ft = \| postal_code_type = \| postal_code = = \| area_code = = \| blank_name = = \| blank_info = = \| website = \| footnotes = }} '''Bama''' is a town and a [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria\|local government area]] in the central part of [[Borno State]], [[Nigeria]]~~. It has its headquarters in the town of Bama~~. == ~~Landscape~~ Climate== Bama has a Subtropical steppe climate (classification: BSh). The district's yearly temperature is 31.88 °C (89.38 °F) and it is 2.42% higher than Nigeria's averages. Bama typically receives about 36.06 millimeters (1.42 inches) of precipitation and has 61.03 rainy days (16.72% of the time) annually.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bama, Borno, NG Climate Zone, Monthly Averages, Historical Weather Data \|url=https://tcktcktck.org/nigeria/borno/bama \|access-date=2023-08-29 \|website=tcktcktck.org}}</ref> ~~It has an area of 4,997 km<sup>2</sup>.~~ == ~~Population~~Postal code == ~~The population was recorded as 269,986 in the 2006 census.~~ ~~== Postal Code ==~~ The [[postal code]] of the area is 610.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Post Offices- with map of LGA \| publisher = NIPOST \| url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx \| accessdate = 2009-10-20 \| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx\| archivedate= 7 October 2009 \| url-status= dead}}</ref> Line 97 ⟶ 96: }}</ref> == Insurgency ~~Cases~~cases == The town was attacked by [[Boko Haram]] in May 2013 and February 2014.<ref>{{Cite web \| last = Ross Line 114 ⟶ 113: \| date = 2014-02-19 \| url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26254480 }}</ref> {{As of\|2014\|June\|22}}: ~~{{As of\|2014\|June\|22}},~~ <blockquote> The two border towns of Bama and [[Gwoza]] have been cut off since the declaration of a state of emergency with soldiers blocking the roads linking the town to the state capital, [[Maiduguri]] ...