Today, we speak on Adamawa State which is located in the northeastern part of Nigeria It is a large state that has a capital with name, Yola. Now, Taraba State was carved out of Gongola State in the year 1991, and the whole geographical entity of Gongola State was then changed to become Adamawa State. The State has four administrative divisions which are the Adamawa, Ganye, Mubi and Numan.
The Capital Yola, has in it the American University of Nigeria which is located there too and also in the same Capital, the Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola lies there. It is among the thirty-six states that make up the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It is a very mountainous State with large hills and valleys including some beautiful streams which run through the villages. The major occupation of the natives there is farming and they work so hard to produce their cash crops which constitute the cotton and groundnuts while their food crops which are made up of the maize, yam, cassava, guinea corn, millet and rice. Now, they also have some people at the riverside who earn their living by fishing.
They also have beautiful women who are very good dancers and decorators as they make very beautiful and lively occasions.
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