Kagara, Sokoto

Village in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Kagara, Sokoto

Village

Kagara, Sokoto

Location in Nigeria

Coordinates: 13°23′35″N 5°35′59″E﻿ / ﻿13.39306°N 5.59972°E﻿ / 13.39306; 5.59972
Country|  Nigeria
State| Sokoto State
Time zone| UTC+1 (WAT)
3-digit postal code prefix|

922

Kagara is a community in Sokoto State, Nigeria, near Goronyo town. Kagara lies on the southern edge of the Sahel, an arid belt of land to the south of the Sahara desert.[1] The village is downstream from the Goronyo Dam on the Rima River.[2] In the 2010 rainy season, a violent storm forced massive release of water to prevent the dam bursting. The flood that followed wrecked most of the houses in Kagara and destroyed almost all crops.[1] Later the dam did in fact break, causing much more widespread flooding.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Survival in the Sahel". The Economist. Dec 2, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
2. ^ a b "Floods in Nigeria: 'All their homes, crops, and food destroyed'". Médecins Sans Frontières. September 13, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-11.