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Brief history of Bauchi state
Bauchi State is one of the thirty-six political administrative states in Nigeria. It is one of the nineteen loosely referred to as the northern states and one of the eight often referred to as the far northern, dominantly Hausa/Fulani and Muslim states in the country though they're few christian. It was, however, created as a state in 1976 when the then North-Eastern State was split into three different states, viz: Bauchi, Borno and Gongola. Bauchi State remained intact in its 1976 boundaries, surviving two subsequent state creation exercises of 1987 and 1991.
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Yankari Game Reserve
Yankari has become the most developed wildlife park in Nigeria with a lot of attractions for visitors with a wide variety of flora fauna. The park is famous for its variety of animals available for viewing around the year, though the animals are better watched between November and May period of the dry season when the animals converge around the Gaji River in the park.
Wikki Warm Spring
The Wikki Warm Springs is one of the best features of the game reserves. It is crystal-clear, disease free and naturally warm. For many individuals, the Wikki Springs with white sand resting at the bottom, is the main reason for visiting the Yankari. Flood-lit at night, it's wonderful after a hot day's game-viewing to relax in the warm water.
Iron Smelting
The shau shau iron smelting works has about 60 standing shaft furnaces, which are believed to be the largest historical industrial complex of its time in the West Africa Sub-region.
Marshall Caves
59 dwelling caves dug into sandstone escarpments, which were discovered by P.J. Marshall in 1980. There are rock paintings and engravings in zig-zag form and in straight lines.
Tunga Dutse
A rock with more elaborate engravings than the Marshall caves. Legible writings cover an area on the sandstone rock embankment of about 4m in length in Dwall River. The writings are legible. However, their age