# Konduga

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{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name       = Konduga
|pushpin_map         = Nigeria
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|pushpin_map_caption = Konduga shown within Nigeria
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|subdivision_type1   = [State](/source/States_of_Nigeria)
|subdivision_name1   = [Borno State](/source/Borno_State)
|population_total    = 13,400
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'''Konduga'''{{Audio|Konduga.ogg|Listen}} is a community in [Borno State](/source/Borno_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) and the center of a [Local Government Area](/source/Local_Government_Area) of the same name about 25&nbsp;km to the southeast of [Maiduguri](/source/Maiduguri), situated on the north bank of the [Ngadda River](/source/Ngadda_River). The population of the Konduga Local Government Area is about 13,400.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/2334044/konduga.html|title=Konduga Nigeria|publisher=Geonames|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> 
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the [Borno Emirate](/source/Borno_Emirate), a [traditional state](/source/Nigerian_traditional_states) located in Borno State, Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite book
| edition = Millennium
| publisher = Federal Ministry of Information
| isbn = 9780104089
| volume = 2, State Surveys
| last = Nigeria
| title = Nigeria: a people united, a future assured
| location = Abuja, Nigeria
| date = 2000
| page = 106
}}</ref> The primary languages are [Shuwa Arabic](/source/Shuwa_Arabic), [Kanuri](/source/Kanuri_language), [Mafa](/source/Matakam_people) and [Wandala](/source/Wandala_language) / [Malgwa](/source/Malgwa_language).<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/intlinet/unijos/nigonnet/nlp/borno.htm
 |title=Languages of Borno State
 |author=Dr. Uwe Seibert, University of Jos
 |publisher=University of Iowa
 |access-date=2009-10-03
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126045724/http://www.uiowa.edu/intlinet/unijos/nigonnet/nlp/borno.htm
 |archive-date=2009-11-26
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

It is the birthplace of [Senator](/source/Senator) [Kaka Mallam Yale](/source/Kaka_Mallam_Yale).<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.kanuri.net/borno_personalities2.php?aID=65
 |title=Senator Alhaji Kaka Mallam Yale 
 |author1=Bosoma Sheriff 
 |author2=Shettima Maina Mohammed 
 |publisher=Kanuri Studies Association 
 |access-date=2009-10-03 
 |url-status=usurped
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717202057/http://www.kanuri.net/borno_personalities2.php?aID=65 
 |archive-date=2011-07-17 
}}</ref>

== History ==
By 6300  BP, [pottery](/source/Pottery) began to appear in Konduga.<ref name="McIntosh II">{{cite book |last1=McIntosh |first1=Susan |title=Encyclopedia of Prehistory Volume 1: Africa |pages=319–322 |chapter=West African Late Stone Age |publisher=Encyclopedia of Prehistory|doi=10.1007/978-1-4615-1193-9_27 |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-306-46255-9 }}</ref> Occurring in the era of Mega [Lake Chad](/source/Lake_Chad), the pottery was decorated in the custom of [Sahara](/source/Sahara)n [ceramics](/source/Ceramic_art).<ref name="Breunig">{{cite journal |last1=Breunig |first1=Peter |last2=Neumann |first2=Katharina |last3=Neer |first3=Wim |title=New research on the Holocene settlement and environment of the Chad Basin in Nigeria |journal=African Archaeological Review|volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=111–145 |doi=10.1007/BF01956304 |year=1996 }}</ref>

As of 2006, most inhabitants were [illiterate](/source/illiterate) and engaged in [subsistence farming](/source/subsistence_farming), with earnings below [US$](/source/US%24)20 per annum. Most people did not have access to [potable water](/source/potable_water) or electricity, and the roads are not passable in the rainy season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.educationforhealth.net/EfHArticleArchive/1357-6283_v19n2s3_749177645.pdf |title=Communities' Awareness, Perception and Participation in the Community-Based Medical Education of the University of Maiduguri |author1=B. A. OMOTARA |author2=S. J. YAHYA |author3=U. SHEHU |author4=H. S. BELLO |author5=A. P. BASSI |date=July 2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |access-date=2009-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917112708/http://www.educationforhealth.net/EfHArticleArchive/1357-6283_v19n2s3_749177645.pdf |archive-date=2009-09-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Maternal mortality is high. A 2003 study identified the main obstacles to accessing the hospital for emergency [obstetric](/source/obstetric) care as lack of money and transportation difficulties.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/exec/icswppro.dll?BU=http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/exec/icswppro.dll&QF0=DocNo&QI0=320302&TN=Popline&AC=QBE_QUERY&MR=30%25DL=1&&RL=1&&RF=LongRecordDisplay&DF=LongRecordDisplay
 |title=Community perspective of maternal mortality: Experience from Konduga local government area, Borno State, Nigeria.
 |vauthors=Kawuwa MB, Mairiga AG, Usman HA
 |publisher=[Annals of African Medicine](/source/Annals_of_African_Medicine). 2007;6(3):109-114.
 |access-date=2009-10-03
 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Soil fertility in the area is declining.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=955921
 |title=Soil nutrient dynamics under small-holder agricultural practices in Konduga, north-eastern Nigeria
 |publisher=Centre national de la recherche scientifique
 |access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>

==Boko Haram==
On 5 January 2015, "Troops of the 7 Division of the [Nigerian Army](/source/Nigerian_Army) ... clashed with suspected members of the [Boko Haram](/source/Boko_Haram) sect at Mainari village in Konduga Local Government of Borno State."<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Njadvara Musa | title = allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Troops, Insurgents Clash in Captured Borno Town | work = The Guardian - allAfrica.com | access-date = 2015-01-08 | date = 2015-01-07
| url = http://allafrica.com/stories/201501081182.html}}</ref> The community has been the target of recruiting raids by Boko Haram.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/03/29/Ten-abducted-in-Nigeria-after-Boko-Haram-attacks/6771490798708/?nll=1 |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |title=Ten abducted in Nigeria after Boko Haram attacks |first=Ed |last=Adamczyk |date=March 29, 2017 |access-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329181415/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/03/29/Ten-abducted-in-Nigeria-after-Boko-Haram-attacks/6771490798708/?nll=1 |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |quote=Ten people in the Konduga area of Nigeria's Borno state were abducted after weekend raids by the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, a security official said [...] Ibrahim Abdullah of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps said that four women and six youths were [kidnap](/source/kidnap)ped after [insurgent](/source/insurgent)s on motorcycles attacked nearby villages, the newspaper Premium Times reported Wednesday, citing the News Agency of Nigeria. Abdullah added that the abductions are a sign that Boko Haram, which he said has been degraded by the [Nigerian military](/source/Nigerian_military), is attempting to recruit more young people by any means possible. The abductions are the first reported in the area, the former Boko Haram stronghold in northeastern Nigeria, in several months.}}</ref> BH's [activities](/source/Boko_Haram_insurgency) in Konduga include a [mass shooting](/source/mass_shooting) in [2013](/source/Konduga_mosque_shooting), [massacre](/source/massacre)s in [January](/source/Kawuri_massacre) and [February 2014](/source/February_2014_Konduga_massacre), battles in [2014](/source/Battle_of_Konduga_(2014)) and [2015](/source/Battle_of_Konduga_(2015)), as well as [suicide](/source/suicide_attack) [bomb](/source/improvised_explosive_device)ings in [2018](/source/2018_Konduga_bombings), [2019](/source/2019_Konduga_bombings) and [2025](/source/June_2025_Maiduguri_suicide_bombing).

== Climate ==
A mild season, lasting from July 20 to September 22, with an average daily high temperature below {{convert|92|F|order=flip|link=on}}, follows Konduga's hottest month, April, which has an average high of {{convert|105|F|order=flip}} and low of {{convert|77|F|order=flip}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Konduga Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/74229/Average-Weather-in-Konduga-Nigeria-Year-Round#:~:text=The%20hottest%20month%20of%20the,temperature%20below%2092%C2%B0F. |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{LGAs of Borno State}}

Category:Konduga
Category:Towns in Borno State

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