DEBA HABE

also called Deba, Debba Habe, or Debe Habe town, Bauchi State, northeastern Nigeria, on the road from Gombe to Numan. It was captured about 1810 by Buba Yero, the first Fulani emir of Gombe, and is still one of the largest towns in the Gombe area. A collecting point for peanuts (groundnuts) and cotton, it also serves as a trade centre (sorghum, millet, cowpeas, cattle, goats, sheep, donkeys) for Fulani, Hausa, Tera, and Tangale peoples. Pop. (1972 est.) 25,788.