Azare

Azare birni ne a cikin jihar Bauchi arewa maso gabashin Nijeriya, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1803 ta hanyar Mallam Zaki, wanda Shehu Usman Danfodio ya naɗa a matsayin sarki. Ya yi hijira daga Gombe Emirate zuwa wannan yankin kuma ya gina birnin a kan hanyar cinikayya ta arewa da kudu. Azare ta zama cibiyar Emirate na Katagum kuma ta shahara a matsayin cibiyar addinin Musulunci da ilimi a yankin. Mutanen da ke zaune a nan sun fito ne daga ƙabilu daban-daban masu bambanta, amma Hausa da Fulani sun fi yawa.

A shekarun 1900, Turawa suka kafa mulkin mallaka a yankin Bauchi, wanda ya haɗa da Azare. Birnin ta ci gaba da kasancewa muhimmiyar cibiyar gudanarwa a karkashin sabon tsarin mulki. An gina manyan tituna da ofisoshin gwamnati, kuma kasuwancin noma kamar gyada da auduga ya karu. A shekarar 1976, an kafa jihar Bauchi, kuma Azare ta zama babbar cibiyar Katagum Local Government Area.

A yau, Azare tana da yawan jama'a kusan dubu 165 a cikin filin kilomita 10. Tana da Federal University of Health Sciences da ke samar da ƙwararrun ma'aikata a fannin kiwon lafiya. Birnin yana da cibiyar kasuwanci mai muhimmanci inda 'yan kasuwa ke kawo kayayyaki daga arewa da kudu maso gabashin Nijeriya. Hanyoyin sadarwa sun haɗa ta da biranen Bauchi da Maiduguri da sauran yankuna.