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The Gombe National Park (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ m b i, ˈ ɡ oʊ m b eɪ /), (Hifahdi ya Taifa ya Gombe, in Swahili) formely called the Gombe Stream National Park is a national park with the IUCN category II located within the Kigoma District of the Kigoma Region in Tanzania, 16 km (10 mi) north of Kigoma City, the capital of Kigoma Region.
Feeding station where Goodall would feed the Gombe chimpanzees. In the years prior to the four-year war, Gombe Stream National Park was the Gombe Stream Research Centre, founded and directed by primate researcher Jane Goodall. The park is located in the lower region of the Kakombe Valley, and is known for its primate research opportunities. [6]
Flo (c.1919 – 1972) [13] was the matriarch of the F-family, so named because she and all her matrilineal descendants were given names beginning with the letter "F". In 1962, Flo was one of the first chimpanzees to approach Goodall's camp, along with her infant daughter Fifi.
The Gombe emirate was founded in 1804 during the Fulani jihad by Buba Yero, a follower of Usman dan Fodio. [3] Buba Yero made Gombe Abba his headquarters for a campaign against the Jukun settlements of Pindiga and Kalam, followed by extensive raids in which he went as far as Adamawa on the other side of the Benue River.
Gombe State (Fula: Lesdi Gommbe 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫; Tangale: Kwambe which is the initial pronunciation of the state before colonial intervention) is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Borno for 93 km in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa and Yobe in the vicinity of Gongola River for 140 km, to the ...
This is a list of administrators and governors of Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe State was formed on 1 October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Sani Abacha military government. Name
Umar Sani Labaran, also known as Umar Gombe (born April 5, 1983, in Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker, and director [1] who has appeared in over a hundred movies as well as a number of television and comedy shows. Gombe is the first program manager for Northflix, [2] a Hausa movie streaming app. He has appeared in ...
The Gombe State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 11 local government areas of the state delineated into 24 state constituencies. Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two ...