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Gujba Facts

Area	0.6 km²
Population	1,307
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+131.3%
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Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	11.49959, 11.93396

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Gujba Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	0	430	565	1,160	1,307
Population Density	0 / km²	688 / km²	904 / km²	1,856 / km²	2,091.2 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Gujba Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 105.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Gujba	—	+169.8%	+105.3%
Yobe	+224.8%	+106.1%	+55.1%
Nigeria	+186.7%	+90.6%	+48.3%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Gujba Population Density

Population Density: 2,091 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Gujba	1,307	0.625 km²	2,091 / km²
Yobe	3.1 million	44,778.2 km²	68.8 / km²
Nigeria	182 million	909,042.9 km²	200 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Gujba Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Gujba CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Gujba	494 tn	0.38 tn	790.9 tons/km²
Yobe	1,167,456 tn	0.38 tn	26.1 tons/km²
Nigeria	86,705,254 tn	0.48 tn	95.4 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Gujba CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	494 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.38 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	790.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Gujba

Gujba is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Buni Yadi at 11°16′08″N 11°55′49″E towards the south of the area; the eponymous town of Gujba lies in the north of the area. has an area of 3,239 km2 (1,251..

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