Bauchi
noun
a state of n nigeria; tin mining. capital: bauchi. pop: 4 676 465 (2006). area: 45 837 sq km (17 698 sq miles)
a town in n central nigeria, capital of bauchi state. pop: 76 070 (1991 est)
historical examples
they form the princ-p-l watershed not only of the province of bauchi, but of the protectorate of northern nigeria.
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the slave-trade was immediately abolished, and the slave-market which was held at bauchi, as in all fula centres, was closed.
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