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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Borno State |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Marte is aLocal Government Area ofBorno State,Nigeria, on the western coast ofLake Chad. Its headquarters are in the town of Marte.
It has an area of 3,154 km2 and a population of 129,370 at the 2006 census.
Thepostal code of the area is 611.[1]
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute theBorno Emirate, atraditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.[2] Thetraditional head of Marte is themai of Marte, claimed to be one of the oldest continuous political offices in Borno State.[3]
In 2013, according to PM News,
5,000 hectares (12,355 acres) of wheat and rice were left to rot in the Marte area of Borno nearLake Chad after 19,000farmers abandoned their farms. “We lost 200 metric tonnes of wheat as a result of the exodus,” said Abubakar Gabra Iliya, head of the Lake Chad Basin Development Agency, based in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. A 2012 NEMA report said that violence linked to theBoko Haram insurgency has caused 60 percent of farmers to leave the fertile region.[4]
The annual temperature in Marte, Nigeria's Subtropical steppe climate, is 34.39 °C (93.9 °F), with 38.89 mm of precipitation and 65.83 wet days.[5][6]
In May 2014, Boko Haram attacked villages in Marte LGA, according toThe Punch. Kirenowa town had about 20 deaths, with one observer stating that over 60 houses were burnt.[7] In the town of Ngurmuji, over 40 deaths were reported.[8][failed verification]
In Gurmushi Village, a "remote border community" on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, 40 deaths were reported. However, this claim could not be verified as of May 28.[9][10]
On 2 February 2015, theNigerian Army said it had recaptured Marte from Boko Haram, along with the nearby towns ofGamboru,Mafa, Mallam Fatori, andAbadam, following joint military operations by Nigerian and Cameroonian forces, civilian forces, and three days ofChadian airstrikes.[11] However, in August 2016, Borno State government stated that Marte still hadn't been fully cleared of Boko Haram control.[12]
On 16 January2021, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters armed withmachine guns overran the military base in Marte.ISWAP said seven were killed and one person was captured. They said they seized weapons, ammunition, six-wheel vehicles, and burned down thebarracks.[13]
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