Kagara, Sokoto
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Kagara is a community in Sokoto State
, Nigeria
, near Goronyo
town.
Kagara lies on the southern edge of the Sahel
, an arid belt of land to the south of the Sahara
desert.
The village is downstream from the Goronyo Dam
on the Rima River
.
In the 2010 rainy season, a violent storm forced massive release of water to prevent the dam bursting. The flood that followed wrecked most of the houses in Kagara and destroyed almost all crops.
Later the dam did in fact break, causing much more widespread flooding.
Sokoto State
Sokoto State is located in the extreme northwest of Nigeria, near to the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2005 it has an estimated population of more than 4.2 million...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, near Goronyo
Goronyo
Goronyo is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Goronyo, on the Sokoto River. It has an area of 1,704 km² and a population of 182,296 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 842....
town.
Kagara lies on the southern edge of the Sahel
Sahel
The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
, an arid belt of land to the south of the Sahara
Sahara
The Sahara is the world's second largest desert, after Antarctica. At over , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as Europe or the United States. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean...
desert.
The village is downstream from the Goronyo Dam
Goronyo Dam
The Goronyo Dam impounds the Rima River in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto State in the north of Nigeria. It was completed in 1984 and commissioned in 1992...
on the Rima River
Rima River
The Rima River is a river in the northern part of Nigeria. At its northern most point it is joined by the Goulbi de Maradi river. It runs southwest and joins the Sokoto River near Sokoto, then continues south to the Niger River. The upper Rima is a seasonal river and flows only during the rainy...
.
In the 2010 rainy season, a violent storm forced massive release of water to prevent the dam bursting. The flood that followed wrecked most of the houses in Kagara and destroyed almost all crops.
Later the dam did in fact break, causing much more widespread flooding.