Gubio

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Gubio, also Gobiyo, is a Local Government Area of Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gubio.

It has an area of 2,464 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 152,778 at the 2006 census.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

The postal code of the area is 602.{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=2009-10-07 }}

The primary road through Gubio runs north towards Damasak and south towards Maiduguri. Gubio is about 60 miles from each of those two settlements.

It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.{{Cite book

| edition = Millennium

| publisher = Federal Ministry of Information

| isbn = 9780104089

| volume = 2, State Surveys

| last = Nigeria

| title = Nigeria: a people united, a future assured

| location = Abuja, Nigeria

| date = 2000

| page = 106

}}

Massacre

On 9 June 2020, a group of gunmen killed 81 people in a massacre. The killers are believed to be from the jihadist group Boko Haram, whose insurgency began in 2009.[https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52988437 Dozens killed in attack in northern Nigeria]

Climate

The annual temperature in Gubio, Nigeria's Subtropical steppe region, is 31.59°C, 2.13% higher than the country's average, with 35.73mm of precipitation and 60.47 days with rain.{{Cite web |title=Gubio, Borno, NG Climate Zone, Monthly Averages, Historical Weather Data |url=https://tcktcktck.org/nigeria/borno/gubio |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=tcktcktck.org}}{{Cite web |title=Gubio Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/71712/Average-Weather-in-Gubio-Nigeria-Year-Round |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}

Gubio's climate is becoming warmer due to climate change, with both warmer and colder weather.{{Cite web |title=Climate Change Gubio |url=https://www.meteoblue.com/en/climate-change/gubio_nigeria_2340249 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=meteoblue |language=en}}

References

Category:Local Government Areas in Borno State

Category:Populated places in Borno State