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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NUPE  , formerly an

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independent state of W . Africa, now a province in the
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British
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protectorate of
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Nigeria . Under Fula
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rule, Nupe occupied both banks of the Niger for a distance of some 150 M. above the
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Benue confluence . Only the
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part of Nupe north of the Niger now constitutes the province;
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area 6400 sq. m.; estimated pop. about 15o,000 . It is in many portions highly cultivated, and owing to its admirable
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water supply is likely to prove particularly valuable as a field for the extensive cultivation of cotton .
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Bida (q.v.), the capital, is connected by railway (built 1907—1908) with Baro, a
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port on the Niger 70 M. above
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Lokoja . Nupe had an ancient and very interesting. constitution of which the leading features were adopted by the Fula when their rule was established about the
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year 1859 . Bida was founded in that year . Nupe was conquered by the troops of the Niger
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Company in 1897, and the legal status of
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slavery was then nominally abolished . The company was, however, unable to occupy the country, and on the withdrawal of its troops the deposed emir returned . In 1901 it became necessary to subdue Nupe a second time . British troops marched to Bida .

The emir fled without fighting and was deposed . Another emir was appointed in his

place, took the oath of allegiance to the British
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crown, and worked cordially with the British
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resident who was stationed at Bida . The province is divided into three administrative districts—Bida, Lapai and Agaie . These are again divided into nine native districts, five to the west and four to the east of the Kaduna
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river . Provincial courts of justice have been established . See NIGERIA, BIDA . For an interesting account of the ancient constitution of Nupe see " The Fulani Emirates of
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Northern Nigeria," by Major J . A . Burdon in the Geo Journ., vol.
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xxiv (
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London, 1904) .

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