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How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Blue3k(op):
Certain people like to ask how can desert northern Nigeria be more populated that tropical southern Nigeria. That argument rest on two false premises that are easily be refuted with common sense or some basic research. Northern Nigeria isn’t a desert and most of Nigeria is tropical savannah. Nigeria also has extensive river system that can easily support its large population. Note none of this tells which population is larger at any given time that’s why the census is conducted.

A desert is a place that gets less than 250 mm of rain per year. (Map below)

Most of northern Nigeria is Tropical wet and dry climate type with semi-arid climate in the northern most parts of the northwestern and northeastern Nigeria. Only a sliver of Borno is desert at the border of Niger Republic. (Map below)

List of major Northern cities and avg yearly rainfall:
Kano, Kano – 674 mm
Jos, Plateau - 1240 mm
Ilorin, Kwara - 852 mm
Abuja FCT - 1469 mm
Kaduna, Kaduna – 998 mm
Maiduguri, Borno – 466 mm
Bauchi, Bauchi – 1122 mm
Sokoto, Sokoto – 398 mm
Yola, Adamawa – 624 mm
Minna, Niger – 1161 mm
Lafia, Nasarawa – 1061 mm
Jalingo, Taraba – 602 mm
Katsina, Katsina – 437 mm
Mubi, Adamawa – 853 mm
Makurdi, Benue – 983 mm
Gombe, Gombe – 437 mm
Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi – 467 mm
Gusau, Zamfara – 577 mm
Dutse, Jigawa – 638 mm
Lokoja, Kogi – 1167 mm

Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by babasolution: 9:55pm On Jan 04, 2022
The south condones biases against them
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by LLiKYekoba: 9:58pm On Jan 04, 2022
This yoruba guy don dey revise history because he wants presidency.. grin

If Ibos were the ones indigenous to the desert north, would you not mocking them everyday?
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Blue3k(op):
babasolution:
The south condones biases against them
Alot southerners are uneducated, untraveled and lack basic common sense. Lol this desert north taking point has always been stupid. Lol one mumu has already proved this fact on this thread.

LLiKYekoba:
This yoruba guy don dey revise history because he wants presidency.. grin

If Ibos were the ones indigenous to the desert north, would you not mocking them everyday?
Lol what a foolish reply. You gave no counter arguments to anything mentioned. What do Igbos have to do with anything when we're talking about how much it rains in a year?
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Ammishaddai:
The North has a strong population-breeding program that comes from Islamic teachings and fundamentalism. This is the sole reason it has more population
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by bjdon: 10:32pm On Jan 04, 2022
When a single malam can have 25 kids from multiple wives, what do you expect!
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by BRATISLAVA: 10:36pm On Jan 04, 2022
Blue3k:
Certain people like to ask how can desert northern Nigeria be more populated that tropical southern Nigeria. That argument rest on two false premises that are easily be refuted with common sense or some basic research. Northern Nigeria isn’t a desert and most of Nigeria is tropical savannah. Nigeria also has extensive river system that can easily support its large population. Note none of this tells which population is larger at any given time that’s why the census is conducted.

A desert is a place that gets less than 250 mm of rain per year. (Map below)

Most of northern Nigeria is Tropical wet and dry climate type with semi-arid climate in the northern most parts of the northwestern and northeastern Nigeria. Only a sliver of Borno is desert at the border of Niger Republic. (Map below)

List of major Northern cities and avg yearly rainfall:
Kano, Kano – 674 mm
Jos, Plateau - 1240 mm
Ilorin, Kwara - 852 mm
Abuja FCT - 1469 mm
Kaduna, Kaduna – 998 mm
Maiduguri, Borno – 466 mm
Bauchi, Bauchi – 1122 mm
Sokoto, Sokoto – 398 mm
Yola, Adamawa – 624 mm
Minna, Niger – 1161 mm
Lafia, Nasarawa – 1061 mm
Jalingo, Taraba – 602 mm
Katsina, Katsina – 437 mm
Mubi, Adamawa – 853 mm
Makurdi, Benue – 983 mm
Gombe, Gombe – 437 mm
Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi – 467 mm
Gusau, Zamfara – 577 mm
Dutse, Jigawa – 638 mm
Lokoja, Kogi – 1167 mm
Poverty and sex do the magic.
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Nobody: 10:54pm On Jan 04, 2022
Blue3k:
Certain people like to ask how can desert northern Nigeria be more populated that tropical southern Nigeria. That argument rest on two false premises that are easily be refuted with common sense or some basic research. Northern Nigeria isn’t a desert and most of Nigeria is tropical savannah. Nigeria also has extensive river system that can easily support its large population. Note none of this tells which population is larger at any given time that’s why the census is conducted.

A desert is a place that gets less than 250 mm of rain per year. (Map below)

Most of northern Nigeria is Tropical wet and dry climate type with semi-arid climate in the northern most parts of the northwestern and northeastern Nigeria. Only a sliver of Borno is desert at the border of Niger Republic. (Map below)

List of major Northern cities and avg yearly rainfall:
Kano, Kano – 674 mm
Jos, Plateau - 1240 mm
Ilorin, Kwara - 852 mm
Abuja FCT - 1469 mm
Kaduna, Kaduna – 998 mm
Maiduguri, Borno – 466 mm
Bauchi, Bauchi – 1122 mm
Sokoto, Sokoto – 398 mm
Yola, Adamawa – 624 mm
Minna, Niger – 1161 mm
Lafia, Nasarawa – 1061 mm
Jalingo, Taraba – 602 mm
Katsina, Katsina – 437 mm
Mubi, Adamawa – 853 mm
Makurdi, Benue – 983 mm
Gombe, Gombe – 437 mm
Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi – 467 mm
Gusau, Zamfara – 577 mm
Dutse, Jigawa – 638 mm
Lokoja, Kogi – 1167 mm
I've been to the North West, and I can tell you they truly have a massive population.

Most of the men for their villages they get more than 1 wives with lots of children.
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Blue3k(op):
Ammishaddai:
The Northern has a strong population-breeding program that comes from Islamic teachings and fundamentalism. This is the sole reason it has more population.
Lol the comments have been funny so far. Its surprising nobody wants to claim the northern population numbers are fake yet.
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by ahuja12:
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Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by helinues: 6:34am On Jan 05, 2022
LLiKYekoba:
This yoruba guy don dey revise history because he wants presidency.. grin

If Ibos were the ones indigenous to the desert north, would you not mocking them everyday?
Everyone is Yoruba to you people?

Why do some of you guys come online daily to troll others?
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by LLiKYekoba: 8:10am On Jan 05, 2022
helinues:
Everyone is Yoruba to you people?

Why do some of you guys come online daily to troll others?
So make we leave forum for reta..rded anti-Igbo monkeys like you abi? grin

We are here for a balance of 'online terror'. We tackle your online foolery. When you see my name, your heart always skip a beat. grin
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by helinues: 8:20am On Jan 05, 2022
LLiKYekoba:
So make we leave forum for reta..rded anti-Igbo monkeys like you abi? grin

We are here for a balance of 'online terror'. We tackle your online foolery. When you see my name, your heart always skip a beat. grin
Only if banning would allow you to operate as how you like
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Psychokinetic: 8:24am On Jan 05, 2022
LLiKYekoba:
So make we leave forum for reta..rded anti-Igbo monkeys like you abi? grin

We are here for a balance of 'online terror'. We tackle your online foolery. When you see my name, your heart always skip a beat. grin
Lol... I always enjoy your comments... Keep it up!
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Sergio101(m): 8:28am On Jan 05, 2022
Op thanks for this question.
The north should prove us wrong with facts.


Even in classification of world population......... Northern Nigeria falls in sparsely populated region.......same as mountainous regions and also thick Forest region like Amazon.

Region closer to the coast tends to have More population in Ocummenical standard.


It's only in Nigeria that you gonna see the opposite.....
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Sergio101(m): 8:31am On Jan 05, 2022
Psychokinetic:
Lol... I was enjoy your comments... Keep it up!
Lolz........Abeg check what you wrote
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Psychokinetic: 8:33am On Jan 05, 2022
Sergio101:
Lolz........Abeg check what you wrote
Choi.. Typo. I meant always!
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Idiko1: 8:36am On Jan 05, 2022
Blue3k:
Certain people like to ask how can desert northern Nigeria be more populated that tropical southern Nigeria. That argument rest on two false premises that are easily be refuted with common sense or some basic research. Northern Nigeria isn’t a desert and most of Nigeria is tropical savannah. Nigeria also has extensive river system that can easily support its large population. Note none of this tells which population is larger at any given time that’s why the census is conducted.

A desert is a place that gets less than 250 mm of rain per year. (Map below)

Most of northern Nigeria is Tropical wet and dry climate type with semi-arid climate in the northern most parts of the northwestern and northeastern Nigeria. Only a sliver of Borno is desert at the border of Niger Republic. (Map below)

List of major Northern cities and avg yearly rainfall:
Kano, Kano – 674 mm
Jos, Plateau - 1240 mm
Ilorin, Kwara - 852 mm
Abuja FCT - 1469 mm
Kaduna, Kaduna – 998 mm
Maiduguri, Borno – 466 mm
Bauchi, Bauchi – 1122 mm
Sokoto, Sokoto – 398 mm
Yola, Adamawa – 624 mm
Minna, Niger – 1161 mm
Lafia, Nasarawa – 1061 mm
Jalingo, Taraba – 602 mm
Katsina, Katsina – 437 mm
Mubi, Adamawa – 853 mm
Makurdi, Benue – 983 mm
Gombe, Gombe – 437 mm
Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi – 467 mm
Gusau, Zamfara – 577 mm
Dutse, Jigawa – 638 mm
Lokoja, Kogi – 1167 mm
The mischievous manipulation by the piggy British colonialists
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by MASTAkiLLAh(m): 9:05am On Jan 05, 2022
The North is more populated than even China cool
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by nku5: 9:08am On Jan 05, 2022
That's why Festus Odimegwu had to go...
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Landlord97: 10:29am On Jan 05, 2022
My brother man blue3k the thing tire me,it is only in Nigeria in the whole wide world that the nothern Nigeria desert regions are more populated than the tropical rainforest regions of the southern Nigeria
It is for politics of domination by the northern Nigeria.
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Landlord97: 10:32am On Jan 05, 2022
Psychokinetic:
Lol... I always enjoy your comments... Keep it up!
PSYCHOS EVERYWHERE
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Blue3k(op): 10:55am On Jan 05, 2022
Landlord97:
My brother man blue3k the thing tire me,it is only in Nigeria in the whole wide world that the nothern Nigeria desert regions are more populated than the tropical rainforest regions of the southern Nigeria
It is for politics of domination by the northern Nigeria.
Lol you guys are something else. Is northern Nigeria a desert to begin with? By this logic the places like cross river are supposed to be more populated because the receive more rain than Lagos.
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by relaxandsmile: 11:07am On Jan 05, 2022
Nawa ooo...
How desert dey determine the growth of human population for God's Sake?
Abi na fish you dey talk about?
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Idiko1: 11:23am On Jan 05, 2022
babasolution:
The south condones biases against them
The mischievous population figure of Nigeria remined one of the reasons behind the January 15, 1966 coup in Nigeria. However, certain goons from southern Nigeria joined forces with northern region against eastern region of Nigeria. Most foolish folks from southern Nigeria will love to suffer as long as Ndigbo are held down too.
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by aribisala0(m):
cryI want to believe that you are basing your opinion on Geography and not politics or sentiment
Let us start with definition
What is "NORTH"
Northern Nigeria was a political administrative colony of Britain

Northern Nigeria does not correspond to Geographical North
LOOK AT THE MAP

GEOGRAPHICAL North of any space is determined by drawing a line LATITUDE/EQUATOR through the MIDDLE of the space dividing it EQUALLY
50:50

The geographical north of Nigeria will involve a latitude going through Abuja
Dividing the country 50:50
The Geographical South of Nigeria will include
Kogi
Nasarawa
Kwara
Plateau
Taraba
Adamawa

Political North is different from Geographical North. Oyo is more Northern Geographically than Benue
In other words the Geographical South has 22 or 23 states



And so the the population of the Geographical South is way higher than that of the Geographical North



So your premise is wrong

FACTUALLY


With regard to the North being a desert? What is the basis for this how do you explain a desert producing more food than NON_DESERT


Recent activities of bandits in the Norths tell us they are "HIDING IN FORESTS"

How is that possible in a desert


Your thread is based on sentiment, hate and other irrational emotions

Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Malawian(m): 11:43am On Jan 05, 2022
North wey i serve? place wey you fit dey turbo for road close to 2 hours and you no go even see one single community. Na only urban centers (wey dey overpopulated) and small villages (wey dey scarcely populated) dey there.

I travelled from Benue through Nasarawa to Kaduna using old road, you no go even see people or houses for more than 90% of the journey.

Population oshi.
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by aribisala0(m): 11:52am On Jan 05, 2022
Landlord97:
My brother man blue3k the thing tire me,it is only in Nigeria in the whole wide world that the nothern Nigeria desert regions are more populated than the tropical rainforest regions of the southern Nigeria
It is for politics of domination by the northern Nigeria.
This is sentimental nonsense with no evidential basis
How do you explain the population of Nigeria compared to the rest of Africa or even West Africa?
There is no "pattern" across the globe
How come this "desert" is exporting food to the rain forest?
How do you explain all the "forests" where bandits are hiding?


The simple truth is that geographically the south of Nigeria has 22- 23 states and not the 17 that are in the Political south
Re: How Is The Desert North More Populated Than The Tropical South? by Blue3k(op):
aribisala0:
With regard to the North being a desert? What is the basis for this how do you explain a desert producing more food than NON_DESERT


Recent activities of bandits in the Norths tell us they are "HIDING IN FORESTS"

How is that possible in a desert

Your thread is based on sentiment, hate and other irrational emotions
Lol your comment is nonsensical when its already proven the north no matter how you define it isn't a desert. I already explained what a desert is and gave you the avg annual rainfall of major northern cities and map showing avg rainfall across the country. You're projecting if you're claiming my thread is based on emotion when you didn't debunk on fact I presented just strawman arguments I never claimed.

Geographical north is arguments is interesting
but irrelevant when you know geopolitical regions are being discussed.
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