Hadejia

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Haɗejiya (also Haɗeja, previously Biram) is a Hausa town in eastern Jigawa State, northern Nigeria. {{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica| title = Hadejia| url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038730/Hadejia| access-date = 2006-12-22| publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.}} Hadejia lies between latitude 12.4506N and longitude 10.0404E.GPS Coordinates: "https://latitude.to/map/ng/nigeria/cities/hadejia" It shares boundary with Kiri Kasama Local Government to the east, Mallam Maɗori Local Government from to the north, and Auyo Local Government to the west. The Hadejia Local Government consist of eleven (11) political wards, namely: Atafi, Dubantu, Gagulmari, Kasuwar Ƙofa, Kasuwar Kuda, Matsaro, Majema, Rumfa, Sabon Garu, Ƴankoli and Yayari. Inhabitants are dominantly Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri with some other groups such as Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Igala etc. The dominant occupation of the inhabitants is crop-farming and animal rearing which a considerable percentage, engaged in trading, fishing and services including civil service.Isah Abubakar (2018) "Use of ICT among Extension Agents in Hadejia Local Government" Unpublished work The people of Haɗeja are largely Muslims, although some follow indigenous belief systems. The town lies to the north of the Hadejia River, and is upstream from the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands. Hadejia is an internationally important ecological and sensitive zone.{{cite web

|url=http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Research_Impacts/Research_Themes/BasinWaterManagement/RIPARWIN/PDFs/14%20Muhammad%20Chiroma%20SS%20FINAL%20EDIT.pdf

|title=Water Management Issues in the Hadejia-Jama'are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin: DFID-JWL and Stakeholders Experience in Information Sharing, Reaching Consensus and Physical Interventions

|first1=Muhammad J. |last1=Chiroma |first2=Yahaya D. |last2=Kazaure |first3=Yahya B. |last3=Karaye |first4=Abba J. |last4=Gashua |publisher=International Water Management Institute

|access-date=2009-10-03}}

Hadejia was once known as Biram, and is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" (Hausa Bakwai),{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica| title = Daura | url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029455/Daura | access-date = 2006-12-21 | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc }} because it was ruled by the descendants of the Hausa mythological figure Bayajidda and his second wife, Daurama.{{cite web| url = http://dierklange.com/pdf/fulltexts/hausa/08_Sources-Bayajidda-legend.pdf| title = Oral version of the Bayajidda legend| access-date = 2006-12-21| first = Dierk | last = Lange | work = Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa }} By 1810, during the Fulani War, the Hausa rulers of the Hausa Bakwai had all been overcome by the Fulani.{{cite web |url= http://www.amanaonline.com/Sokoto/sokoto_9.htm |title= The Consolidation of the Empire|access-date=2007-01-21 |last= Johnston|first= H. A. S|year= 1967|work= The Fulani Empire of Sokoto|publisher= Amana Online}} Haɗeja had been transformed into an emirate two years earlier, in 1808. In 1906 Haɗeja resisted British occupation, under the then Emir (Muhammadu Mai-Shahada). Haɗejiya was absorbed into Jigawa State in 1991 from Kano State.

The Haɗeja is home to majorly 4 tertiary institutions, which are: Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic Hadejia,{{Cite web|url=https://bupoly.edu.ng/|title=BINYAMINU USMAN POLYTECHNIC – P.M.B 013 Hadejia, Jigawa State}} School of Nursing Hadejia,{{Cite web|url=https://jisconmhadejia.admissions.cloud/|title=Jigawa State School of Nursing Hadejia - ONLINE APPLICATION|website=jisconmhadejia.admissions.cloud}} National Teachers Institutes Hadejia Study Centre.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nti.edu.ng/ |title=National Teachers' Institute Kaduna |access-date=2020-05-07 |archive-date=2022-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526051159/https://nti.edu.ng/ |url-status=dead }}