{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |settlement_type = Town |name=Madalla |pushpin_map = Nigeria |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nigeria |coordinates = {{coord|9.104|7.215|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Nigeria | subdivision_type1 = Territory | subdivision_name1 = Federal Capital Territory }}
'''MadAllah'''{{Audio|Ha-MadAllah.ogg|Listen}} is a town in Nigeria near the capital Abuja. It is in between Suleja and Abuja and mostly referred to as Abuja.
Madalla has some areas of attention like the surrounding rocky hills and mountains all over the town. It is a rural-urban Settlement with a population of about 80,000 individuals.<ref name=nigerian-tribune-igbo-five/>
==Attacks== In September 2011 five Igbo businessmen were shot dead by two men in an apparent sectarian attack.<ref name=nigerian-tribune-igbo-five> {{cite news |url = http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/features/29102-igbo-five-peace-returns-to-madallah |title = Igbo five: Peace returns to Madallah |last = Oladipo |first = Adelowo |date = 4 October 2011 |accessdate = 25 December 2011 |newspaper = Nigerian Tribune |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120106160505/http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/features/29102-igbo-five-peace-returns-to-madallah |archivedate = 6 January 2012 }}</ref>
It was the site of the December 2011 Christmas Day bombing that took place at the St. Theresa Catholic Church where a terrorist sect known as Boko Haram attacked.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-25 |title=Nigeria rocked by church blasts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16328940 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Madalla also houses the Zuma Rock at the outskirts of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zuma Rock |url=https://www.visitnigerianow.com/tours/zuma-rock/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Visit Nigeria Now |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627170359/https://www.visitnigerianow.com/tours/zuma-rock/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Populated places in Niger State Category:Abuja
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