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Area	1.3 km²
Population	45,372
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+22.8%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+46.9%
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	12.92475, 13.56617
Postal Codes	612102

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Kukawa Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	36,938	26,756	30,893	40,272	45,372
Population Density	28,143.2 / km²	20,385.5 / km²	23,537.5 / km²	30,683.4 / km²	34,569.1 / km²

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

Kukawa Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 30.4% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Kukawa	+9%	+50.5%	+30.4%
Borno State	+227%	+105.3%	+55%
Nigeria	+186.7%	+90.6%	+48.3%

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

Kukawa Population Density

Population Density: 34,569 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Kukawa	45,372	1.313 km²	34,569 / km²
Borno State	5.5 million	72,299.9 km²	75.6 / 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

Kukawa Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1000 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

Kukawa CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Kukawa	18,252 tn	0.4 tn	13,906 tons/km²
Borno State	2,199,965 tn	0.4 tn	30.4 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

Kukawa CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	18,252 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.4 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	13,906 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (5)
Flood	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.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Kukawa

Kukawa (previously Kuka) is a town and Local Government Area in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, close to Lake Chad. town was founded in 1814 as capital of the Kanem-Bornu Empire by the Muslim scholar and warlord Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi ..

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