# Madalla

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**MadAllah**Listen is a town in [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) near the capital [Abuja](/source/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.[1]

## Attacks

In September 2011 five [Igbo](/source/Igbo_people) businessmen were shot dead by two men in an apparent [sectarian](/source/Sectarianism) attack.[1]

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.[2]

Madalla also houses the Zuma Rock at the outskirts of the city.[3]

## References

1. Oladipo, Adelowo (4 October 2011). ["Igbo five: Peace returns to Madallah"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120106160505/http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/features/29102-igbo-five-peace-returns-to-madallah). *[Nigerian Tribune](/source/Nigerian_Tribune)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/features/29102-igbo-five-peace-returns-to-madallah) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2011.

1. ["Nigeria rocked by church blasts"](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16328940). *BBC News*. 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2022-05-24.

1. ["Zuma Rock"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220627170359/https://www.visitnigerianow.com/tours/zuma-rock/). *Visit Nigeria Now*. Archived from [the original](https://www.visitnigerianow.com/tours/zuma-rock/) on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-05-24.

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