Mubi, Adamawa - Postal code - 650001

Geography of Mubi City

Mubi local government area is located between the Latitude 10°16’8’’N and 10°20’00’’N as well between the Longitude 13°16’14’’E and 13°20’00’’E. It is well populated and has a total land area of about 25 km 2 (2,500 hectares) including the areas that are floodable, rivers, and streams. Mubi local government area is a commercial town that owns its location on the border, many individuals from  Nigeria and also the neighboring countries like Cameroon, Chad, and Central Africa come to make purchases in the Mubi market and their cattle market, as well. The Mubi people are predominantly the Fali and Gude, they also have Fulani tribes as well as Hausa, Higgi, and Marghi people among others tribes from neighboring settlements.

History

Mubi is a local government is situated in the Northern Senatorial District of Adamawa State, northeast of Nigeria. The local government area is subdivided into two, Mubi North and Mubi south. Mubi, a town located in northeastern Adamawa state, northeastern Nigeria lies on the west bank of the Yedseram River, a stream that flows north straight into Lake Chad, and is located on the western flanks of the Mandara Mountains.

The local government was probably founded in the late 18th-century  by the Fulani people, the Mubi local government area remained under the jurisdiction of the sultanate of Mandara until it was conquered in the Fulani jihad (holy war) by Modibbo Adama.

Economy

The Mubi local government area’s Mararaba Mubi’s Friday market first started at the T-junction where the former police station was first situated, renting Jauro Abba’s house. The Friday weekly market was a good innovation and attracts many people from nearby towns and villages, generating income. The main products that are sold at the market are grains, including maize, beans, groundnut, and sugar cane; most people of Mararaba Mubi are farmers.

The Fali and Gude people are mainly the farmers, while the Fulanis are known for cattle rearing.