Babura
Sign in to saveBabura is a Local Government Area in the north of Jigawa State, Nigeria. It shares border with Baure Local government of Katsina state from North, Kazaure from west Sule Tankarkar from east and Danbatta local government of Kano state from South. Its headquarters are in the town of Babura. The current District Head of Babura who doubles as the Sarkin Bai of Ringim, Ringim Emirate Council, Alhaji Muhammad Nata’ala Mustapha (Councillor & King Maker) has been on throne since April 2019 after the death of his brother Alhaji Hadi Mustapha Musa of the Bani Ya Musa clan.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Babura
- Settlement.nickname
- Garin Dan isa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jigawa State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Lawan Ismaila (APC)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 992
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 208,101
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
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Babura is a Local Government Area in the north of Jigawa State, Nigeria. It shares border with Baure Local government of Katsina state from North, Kazaure from west Sule Tankarkar from east and Danbatta local government of Kano state from South. Its headquarters are in the town of Babura. The current District Head of Babura who doubles as the Sarkin Bai of Ringim, Ringim Emirate Council, Alhaji Muhammad Nata’ala Mustapha (Councillor & King Maker) has been on throne since April 2019 after the death of his brother Alhaji Hadi Mustapha Musa of the Bani Ya Musa clan.
It has an area of 992 km and a population of 208,101 at the 2006 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Babura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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