Jimeta

Jimeta

      town, Adamawa state, eastern Nigeria. It lies on the south bank of the Benue River, and on the highway between Zing and Girei. Merged with Yola in 1935 by the Fulani administration, Jimeta regained independent town status with its own council in 1955. With the construction of a spur road to Yola (5.5 miles [9 km] south-southeast), the town became a river port for Yola, gradually taking over most of the river-borne traffic along the Benue River. From mid-July to mid-October, when the Benue has deep water, boats carry peanuts (groundnuts) and cotton from Cameroon and hides and skins from the hinterland of Yola-Jimeta downstream to the Niger River delta ports for export. Local trade handles sorghum, millet, yams, shea nuts, onions, peppers, indigo, cattle, sheep, goats, and poultry.

      Jimeta is linked by road to Bombi, Mubi, Bama, and Maiduguri; a ferry service in the town crosses the Benue River. Pop. (2008 est.) 254,967.

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