Sardauna, Taraba State

For the man commonly referred to as "the Sardauna", see Ahmadu Bello.

Sardauna Mambilla
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Taraba State
Local Government Headquarters	Gembu
Government
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council	John Yep
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (WAT)

Sardauna (formerly Mambilla) Local Government Area is located in the extreme southeast of Taraba State in Nigeria. It is synonymous with the Mambilla Plateau, which is dotted by many towns and villages. The capital of the LGA is Gembu, an ancient Mambilla settlement whose name is a corruption of "Gelmvu", the name of an ancient monarch of the area. Other ethnic groups from the mainstream Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon Republic such as Hausa, Kanuri, Banso, Kambu, Fulani, etc can be found in the commercial centres.

Climate

In contrast to the rather steamy and humid climate of most other parts of southeastern Nigeria, the climate in this part of the country (owing to its altitude) is relatively cool; most days in the dry season the temperature will reach 20-23 C and drop to 16-18 C at night, whilst in the wet season these averages fall a couple of degrees.

Languages

Sardauna is highly linguistically diverse, with about two dozen distinct local languages (mostly Fulani languages, Jukunoid languages, Bantoid languages, and Mambiloid languages).

• Fula language
• Ambo language
• Áncá language
• Batu language
• Buru language
• Etkywan language
• Fum language
• Kpan language
• Lamnso’ language
• Lidzonka language
• Limbum language
• Mambila language
• Tigon Mbembe language
• Mbongno language
• Mvanip language
• Nde-Gbite language
• Ndoola language
• Ndunda language
• Nshi language
• Somyev language
• Viti language
• Vute language
• Yamba language