Hadejia

Haɗejiya (also Haɗeja, previously Biram) is a Hausa town in eastern Jigawa State, northern Nigeria.

The Hadejia Local Government consist of eleven (11) political wards, namely: Atafi, Dubantu, Gagulmari, Kasuwar Ƙofa, Kasuwar Kuda, Matsaro, Majema, Rumfa, Sabon Garu, Ƴankoli and Yayari.

Inhabitants are dominantly Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri with some other groups such as Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Igala etc.

The town lies to the north of the Hadejia River, and is upstream from the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands.

[10] Hadejia town, a market center for cotton, millet, sorghum, fish, and rice, is an export crop for peanuts.