North East (Nigeria)

North East is one of the geopolitical zones of Nigeria, consisting of the following states:
- Adamawa
- Bauchi
- Borno
- Gombe
- Taraba
- Yobe

It occupies slightly less than one-third of Nigeria's total area and had a projected population for 2011 of 23,558,674 or 13.5% of the country's population. The inhabitants are mainly Fulani with only Borno State has Kanuri people as majority with more than 100 minority ethnic groups. ^[1]

References[]

^ Senator . "Concept Note NORTH EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION" (PDF).

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[1] Senator . "Concept Note NORTH EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION" (PDF).

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