Yelwa
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
Yelwa is a town in Kebbi State, Nigeria on the Niger River and the A1 highway. The town is often referred to as "Yelwa, Yauri", after the Emirate and Local Government Administration it is in, and is not the Yelwa where the Yelwa Massacre took place in 2004 in Plateau State. Yelwa is the capital and largest city of the Yauri Emirate. Yelwa has a population of 8,000 {{as of|2010|lc=on}}, a majority of whom are Hausa Muslims.{{Cite book| publisher = University Press of America| isbn = 9780761847243| last = Salamone| first = Frank A.| title = The Hausa of Nigeria| date = 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEfo0-GXk5oC&pg=PA61|page=61}}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Yelwa |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Yelwa |access-date=8 July 2019 |date=9 January 2009}}
Yelwa is the market center and trade hub of the Yauri Emirate. Besides trade, its economy centers around agriculture. Major export crops include onions, rice, and cotton, although Yelwa also produces considerable amounts of sorghum, millet, cowpeas, peanuts, sugarcane, shea nuts, tobacco, kola nuts, peppers, beans, fish, cattle, and guinea fowl. Most farmers (79.2 percent) in the Yelwa area are subsistence farmers, and most rent the land they farm or are sharecroppers.
History
Yelwa has been the capital of the Yauri Emirate since 1888, when the capital was moved there from Bin Yauri following a civil war. In 1896, the Royal Niger Company established a trading post in Yauri. The town was occupied by the British in 1901.
Part of Yelwa was permanently flooded by the creation of the Kainji Dam in 1986. Almost half of the residents of Yauri, including many in Yelwa, were displaced by the construction of the Kainji Dam,{{Cite journal| doi = 10.3406/jafr.1975.2189| volume = 45| issue = 1| pages = 187–191| last = Salamone| first = Franck| title = The drug problem in a small emirate in northern Nigeria| journal = Journal des Africanistes| date = 1975 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/jafr_0037-9166_1975_num_45_1_2189}} which has had detrimental effects on agriculture in the area.
In 2004, over 700 people died in a series of inter-religious conflicts.
On 16 February 2018, a Martian crater was named after Yelwa.{{cite web |title=Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Yelwa on Mars |url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15719 |website=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher=United States Geological Survey |access-date=8 July 2019 |date=19 February 2018}}
Climate
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| location = Yelwa (1991–2020)
| Jan record high C = 42
| Feb record high C = 45.2
| Mar record high C = 46.3
| Apr record high C = 44.2
| May record high C = 43.5
| Jun record high C = 43
| Jul record high C = 39.5
| Aug record high C = 39
| Sep record high C = 38
| Oct record high C = 42
| Nov record high C = 41
| Dec record high C = 41.7
| year record high C = 46.3
| Jan high C = 34.9
| Feb high C = 37.5
| Mar high C = 39.6
| Apr high C = 39.0
| May high C = 36.1
| Jun high C = 33.3
| Jul high C = 31.6
| Aug high C = 30.6
| Sep high C = 31.5
| Oct high C = 33.4
| Nov high C = 35.8
| Dec high C = 35.4
| year high C = 34.9
| Jan mean C = 25.5
| Feb mean C = 28.5
| Mar mean C = 31.7
| Apr mean C = 32.6
| May mean C = 30.7
| Jun mean C = 28.5
| Jul mean C = 27.4
| Aug mean C = 26.7
| Sep mean C = 27.0
| Oct mean C = 28.2
| Nov mean C = 27.4
| Dec mean C = 25.9
| year mean C = 28.3
| Jan low C = 16.0
| Feb low C = 19.4
| Mar low C = 23.7
| Apr low C = 26.2
| May low C = 25.2
| Jun low C = 23.7
| Jul low C = 23.2
| Aug low C = 22.8
| Sep low C = 22.6
| Oct low C = 23.0
| Nov low C = 19.0
| Dec low C = 16.4
| year low C = 21.8
| Jan record low C = 10
| Feb record low C = 12
| Mar record low C = 10.2
| Apr record low C = 16
| May record low C = 15
| Jun record low C = 0.6
| Jul record low C = 16
| Aug record low C = 16.6
| Sep record low C = 16
| Oct record low C = 16
| Nov record low C = 12
| Dec record low C = 10
| year record low C = 0.6
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 1.3
| Feb precipitation mm = 0.9
| Mar precipitation mm = 0.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 38.2
| May precipitation mm = 98.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 151.4
| Jul precipitation mm = 200.8
| Aug precipitation mm = 294.1
| Sep precipitation mm = 222.1
| Oct precipitation mm = 80.4
| Nov precipitation mm = 0.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 0.0
| year precipitation mm = 1089.0
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 0.1
| Feb precipitation days = 0.0
| Mar precipitation days = 0.3
| Apr precipitation days = 2.6
| May precipitation days = 6.9
| Jun precipitation days = 8.6
| Jul precipitation days = 11.1
| Aug precipitation days = 13.9
| Sep precipitation days = 13.9
| Oct precipitation days = 6.0
| Nov precipitation days = 0.3
| Dec precipitation days = 0.0
| year precipitation days = 63.6
| Jan humidity = 36.5
| Feb humidity = 30.9
| Mar humidity = 35.8
| Apr humidity = 49.4
| May humidity = 64.3
| Jun humidity = 72.1
| Jul humidity = 79.3
| Aug humidity = 84.2
| Sep humidity = 83.0
| Oct humidity = 75.8
| Nov humidity = 56.3
| Dec humidity = 45.6
| year humidity = 59.4
| source = NOAA{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Nigeria/CSV/Yelwa_65001.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Yelwa
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 9, 2024}}
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References
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External links
- [https://weatherspark.com/y/50074/Average-Weather-in-Yelwa-Nigeria-Year-Round#Sections-Precipitation Weather in Yelwa]
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