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.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Babura is referenced by 48 other articles, and connects out to Nigeria, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NG, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Local government areas in Jigawa State and Use Nigerian English from January 2023.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Jigawa State
- Population
- 212955
- Area
- 992
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
On the map
2 mapped locations