Damasak

Damasak
Wuri
13°06′18″N 12°30′24″E
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Najeriya
Jiha	Jihar Borno
Ƙaramar hukuma a Nijeriya	Mobbar
Bayanan Tuntuɓa
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci	UTC+01:00

Damasak babban birni ne a ƙaramar hukumar Mobbar, cikin jihar Borno da ke arewa maso gabashin Najeriya . Tana kusa da yankin kogin Yobe da Komadugu Gana, kusa da kan iyaka da Nijar .

Hanyoyi biyu kanana sun isa Damasak. Daya daga kudu zuwa Gubio da Maiduguri, babban birnin jihar Borno, dayan kuma yayi dodar zuwa Kukawa da Baga .

A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, matsalar kwararowar hamada a arewacin Najeriya ta kasance matsala a garin Damasak.

Tarihi

A cewar masana, Kamkama Modu, wani Karde ne daga Bagirmi ya kafa garin .

Damasak wani yanki ne mai ƙarfi ga wayewar Sao a ƙarni na 16, an kuma kewaye shi da shinge ganuwa mai kauri da tsawo. Idris Alooma ne ya ci garin da yaki a cikin shekarar 1570s ko 1580, kamar yadda Ibn Furtu ya rubuta (wanda ke nuna Sao a matsayin "Sao-Gafata").

Wurin da Damasak yake yanzu ba tabbaci kan cewa a salin wurin ne. Masanin tarihi Graham Connah ya ziyarci yankin a cikin shekarar 1965 tare da wasu gungun mazauna yankin sun ba da rahoton cewa yanzu yankin Damasak tana da kusan kilomita daya 1 daga asalin inda take (inda za'a iya samun motsi), wanda kuma suka bayar da rahoton cewa an watsar dashi a farkon karni na shekarun 1800s amma an kwashe kusan shekaru 100 ana mamaye dasu.

Bajamuse mai bincike Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) ya ba da rahoto a cikin 1850s cewa har yanzu ana iya gano Damasak daga wani kogi da aka sanya wa garin sunan sa, amma a halin yanzu ana kiran wannan kogin da suna "Fatoghana". Ya kuma bayar da rahoton cewa Edris, Sarkin Bornu daga 1353-77, ya mutu a Damasak bisa ga wasu dalilan.

A watan Maris din 2015, an samu gawawwakin mutane 70 a wajen garin. An gano gawarwakin ne bayan ya Boko Haram sun kwace garin . A ranar 24 Maris 2015, mazauna garin sun ce Boko Haram sun kwashe mata da yara sama da 400 daga garin yayin da suke tserewa harin sojoji a farkon wani watan.