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Gombe State
State nickname: Jewel in the Savannah>

Location

Statistics
Governor (List)	Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)
Date Created	1 October 1996
Capital	Gombe
Area	18,768 km² Ranked 21st
Population 2006 est.	Ranked 33rd 2,353,000
ISO 3166-2	NG-GO

Gombe State, located in northeastern Nigeria, is one of the country's thirtysix states; its capital is Gombe.
Gombe State, nicknamed the 'Jewel in the Savannah', was formed in October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Abacha military government. The state has an area of 20,265 km² and a population of around 2,353,000 people as of 2006. Of the population, approximately 7.8% are HIV-infected.

Administrative divisions

Gombe is divided into eleven Local Government Areas. They are:

Demographics

Gombe State is mainly populated by Hausa people. (External Link

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Leaders

Name, Title	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Joseph Oriji, Administrator	7 October 1996	August 1998	-
Mohammed Bawa, Administrator	August 1998	May 1999	-
Abubakar Habu Hashidu, Governor	29 May 1999	29 May 2003	APP
Mohammed Danjuma Goje, Governor	29 May 2003	Present	PDP

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