Adamawa State

Languages spoken

Major cities

Yola · Mubi · Numan

What to explore · learn

• Fombina originshistory

  Adamawa takes its name from the historic Adamawa Emirate ('Fombina'), founded in the 1800s and once spanning into present-day Cameroon.

• Ethnic diversityculture

  Adamawa is one of Nigeria's most linguistically diverse states, home to dozens of distinct ethnic groups including Fulani, Bura, Mumuye, and Margi.

• Sukur Cultural Landscapehistory

  The Sukur Cultural Landscape in Madagali LGA was inscribed by UNESCO in 1999 as Nigeria's first World Heritage Site, with the Hidi's hilltop palace, terraced fields and iron-working remains.

  Sukur
• Lamido of Adamawainstitution

  The Lamido of Adamawa heads the Adamawa Emirate (Fombina) at Yola.

  Yola
• Hama Bachamainstitution

  The Hama Bachama is the traditional head of the Bachama (Bwatiye) people.

  Lamurde

Cultural groups & homelands

• Northern Adamawa highland peoples

  6 LGAs

  Kamwe (Higi), Kilba, Fali, Margi and neighbouring peoples of the Mandara-foothill north of Adamawa State.

• Bachama (Bwatiye)

  3 LGAs

  Bachama (Bwatiye) communities of the Benue valley in southern Adamawa State, under the Hama Bachama.

Cultural institutions

• Lamido of Adamawa

  The Lamido of Adamawa heads the Adamawa Emirate (Fombina) at Yola.

  Yola

• Hama Bachama

  The Hama Bachama is the traditional head of the Bachama (Bwatiye) people.

  Lamurde

Metro areas

• Yola Metropolis

  Adamawa State's capital cluster, formed of the old Fombina/Adamawa emirate town of Yola and its modern twin Jimeta.