Rahama

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Rahama
Town
Rahama
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Rahama
Coordinates: 09°48′00″N08°32′00″E / 9.80000°N 8.53333°E / 9.80000; 8.53333 [1]
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
State Plateau State
LGA Bassa
Time zone UTC+01:00 (WAT)
Climate Aw

Rahama is a small town in the highlands of Pari, Kauru Local Government Area of southern Kaduna State, central Nigeria. [2]

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Transport

It was served for a time by the extra narrow gauge Bauchi Light Railway which connected Zaria in the north to Jos in the south. [3]

In later times, this route was replaced by a better graded normal gauge railway on a different alignment.

By 1913, two railway wires passed from Rahama to Jengre. [4]

Economy Activity

The economy Activity in this place is farming which is agricultural production due rivers in the area. [2]

Communication

Telegraph

Telegraph services came to the area from the then-Northern Nigeria Protectorate capital, Zungeru, through Naraguta in 1913. The Telegraph was later connected to Jengre in the same year. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rahama: Nigeria". Geographical Names. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Rahama, Pari, Kauru, Kaduna State, Nigeria". Mindat.org. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ Mikes Railway History
  4. 1 2 Annual Report of the Colonies, Northern Nigeria, 1913 [XIV.—POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS.](PDF) (Report). London. December 1914. p. 19. Retrieved April 26, 2025.

09°48′N08°32′E / 9.800°N 8.533°E / 9.800; 8.533


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