Damaturu
Damaturu is a Local Government Area in Yobe State in northern Nigeria. Yobe's headquarters are in the town of Damaturu, the state capital. History. Damaturu came into existence as a colony when it was carved out of the Alagarno district by the British. It resulted in the conquest of the Bornu Empire in 1902 by colonial forces under the command of Colonel Thomas Morland. Boko Haram. Damaturu has been attacked many times by Boko Haram jihadist insurgents in their violent campaign to establish a caliphate in the northeast. In November 2011, they killed over 100 people in a  series of attacks. In December 2011, they carried out two bombings. In June 2012, 40 insurgents broke into a prison; 40 inmates escaped and eight people were killed. In June 2013, insurgents attacked a school and killed thirteen people, including students and teachers. In October 2013, militants engaged security forces in a lengthy gun battle and raided a hospital. In December 2014, militants carried out attacks. Gunshots and explosions were heard and a base of the riot police was reported to have been set on fire. Yobe State University also came under attack. In February 2015, a teenage female suicide  bomber killed 16 people at a bus station. In February 2020, a massacre occurred in Auno, on the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway. Insurgents killed 30 commuters, burned vehicles and kidnapped people. Geography. The postal code of the area is 620. The Local Government Area has an area of 2,366 km and a population of 88,014 at the 2006 census. The town of Damaturu is on the A3 highway and in 2010 had an estimated population of 44,268. Damaturu is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate, at one time part of the Ngazaragamo emirate based in Gaidam. The northeasterly line of equal  latitude and longitude passes through the area including in the north.