Kagara, Sokoto

Kagara, Sokoto
—  Village  —
Kagara, Sokoto
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates:
Country  Nigeria
State Sokoto State
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)
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

  1. ^ a b "Survival in the Sahel". The Economist. Dec 2nd 2010. http://www.economist.com/node/17628093. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
  2. ^ a b "Floods in Nigeria: 'All their homes, crops, and food destroyed'". Médecins Sans Frontières. SEPTEMBER 13, 2010. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4726&cat=voice-from-the-field. Retrieved 2011-01-11.