# Tambuwal

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{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
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| official_name      = Tambuwal
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| motto              = Home of Buhari bn Shehu bn Fodiyo 
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| subdivision_name1  = [Sokoto State](/source/Sokoto_State)
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| leader_title       = Local Government Chairman
| leader_name        = Abba Shehu Tambuwala <ref>{{Cite web| url = https://naijadetails.com/lga-in-sokoto-state-chairmen/ | title = Complete List Of LGAs In Sokoto State And Chairmen | access-date = 2025-01-29}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2     = 1717
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| population_as_of   = 2006 Census
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| population_total   = 224,931
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'''Tambuwal''' is a [Local Government Area](/source/Local_Government_Areas_of_Nigeria) in [Sokoto State](/source/Sokoto_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). Its headquarters is in the town of Tambuwal (Tambawal or Tambawel) on the [A1 highway](/source/A1_highway_(Nigeria)) at {{Coord|12|24|00|N|4|40|00|E|region:NG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}.

It has an area of 1,717&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} and a population of 224,931 at the 2006 census.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yng.html HASC, population, area and Headquarters Statoids]</ref>
  
The [postal code](/source/postal_code) of the area is 850.<ref>{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | archivedate = 2009-10-07 }}</ref>

== History ==
Tambuwal was founded by [Muhammad Bukhari](/source/Muhammad_Bukhari_bin_Uthman), a noted poet who was the son of [Usman dan Fodio](/source/Usman_dan_Fodio). He was the fief's first emir, and all its subsequent rulers descend from him.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reichmuth |first=Stefan |date=1993 |title=Imam Umaru's Account of the Origins of the Ilọrin Emirate: A Manuscript in the Heinz Sölken Collection, Frankfurt |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653228 |journal=Sudanic Africa |volume=4 |pages=155–173 |issn=0803-0685}}</ref>

The current Sarkin Tambuwal is Alhaji Ahmed Dahiru Tambuwal, 18th Sarkin Tambuwal.

== Climate ==
There is a wet season that is hot and oppressive and a dry season that is hot and partly cloudy throughout the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tambuwal Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/50089/Average-Weather-in-Tambuwal-Nigeria-Year-Round |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Temperature ===
The rising temperatures, heat waves, and extreme weather events that characterise Tambuwal's climate have an impact on social viability and affect different regions differently, emphasising the need for adaptation strategies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate Change Tambuwal |url=https://www.meteoblue.com/en/climate-change/tambuwal_nigeria_2322495 |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=meteoblue |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Sokoto State}}

Category:Local government areas in Sokoto State

{{Sokoto-geo-stub}}
Category:19th-century establishments in Nigeria

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