Maiduguri

Maiduguri itace babban birnin jihar Borno, arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. An kafa shi a shekarar 1907 a matsayin sansanin soji da kuma cibiyar gudanarwa ta Birtaniya, wanda aka sanya masa sunan Yerwa. Kafin zuwan Birtaniya, yankin ya kasance ƙarƙashin masarautar Kanem-Borno, wadda itace ɗaya daga cikin manyan masarautun Afirka ta Yamma. An gina Maiduguri ne a gefen kogin Ngadda, wanda ya ba shi damar zama cibiyar kasuwanci tsakanin arewa da kudu.

A lokacin yakin basasa na Najeriya (1967–1970), Maiduguri ya zama babbar cibiyar sojojin tarayya a arewa maso gabashi. Bayan yakin, birnin ya ci gaba da girma a matsayin cibiyar tattalin arziki da al'ada na yankin. Amma a shekarun 2009 zuwa yau, Maiduguri ya sha fama da hare-haren ƙungiyar Boko Haram, wanda ya yi sanadiyyar rasa rayuka da kuma barin miliyoyin mutane daga gidajensu.

A yau Maiduguri yana ci gaba da zama cibiyar siyasa da kasuwanci a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. A can ake samun Jami'ar Maiduguri, da Cibiyar Bincike ta Kasa ta arewa maso gabashi, da kuma filin jirgin samaniya na kasa da kasa. Birnin yana da muhimmanci musamman a matsayin cibiyar tattara kayan agaji da taimako ga 'yan gudun hijira.