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- Deba, Debba Habe, or Debe Habe
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Deba Habe
Nigeria
Also known as: Deba, Debba Habe, Debe Habe
Deba Habe, town, Gombe state, northeastern Nigeria, on the road from Gombe town to Numan. It was captured about 1810 by Buba Yero, the first Fulani emir of Gombe, and is still one of the largest towns in the Gombe area. A collecting point for peanuts (groundnuts) and cotton, it also serves as a trade centre (sorghum, millet, cowpeas, cattle, goats, sheep, donkeys) for Fulani, Hausa, Tera, and Tangale peoples. Deba Habe is part of the Yamaltu/Deba local government area. Pop. (2006) local government area, 255,248.
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