Gombe State, located in the northeastern part of Nigeria, is one of the country's 36 states; its capital is Gombe. The boundaries of the state roughly correspond to those of the Gombe Emirate

Gombe Emirate

The Gombe Emirate is a traditional state in Nigeria that roughly corresponds in area to the modern Gombe State. It includes the five chiefdoms of Cham, Dadiya, Kaltungo, Tangale and Waja....

,a traditional state.[2]

The State nicknamed the 'Jewel in the Savannah', was formed in October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Abacha military government. Being it located in the north eastern zone, right within the expansive savannah allows the state to share common borders with the states of Borno,Yobe, Taraba, Adamamwa and Bauchi.