Funakaye
Sign in to savethumb|funakaye.ogg Funakaye is a Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Bajoga. Its current chairman is Alhaji Ibrahim Cheldu of the All Progressives Congress. Funakaye is bounded in the east by the Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa, beyond which lie Yobe State and Borno State.
Key facts
- Settlement.iso_code
- NG.GO.FU
- Settlement.official_name
- Funakaye
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA
- Settlement.motto
- Farm, Rear and Read
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gombe State
- Settlement.seat_type
- Headquarters
- Settlement.seat
- Bajoga
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1415
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 236,087
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Religion
- Islam
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Gombe State
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- +237687
- Area
- +1415
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Demography
- Religion
- Mineral resources and development
- Emir
- Climate
- Health facilities
- Secondary health facilities
- Funakaye General Hospital
- Primary health facilities
- Mutuke Maternity Clinic
- Other primary health facilities in Funakaye LGA
- Healthcare development in Gombe State
- References
thumb|funakaye.ogg Funakaye is a Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Bajoga. Its current chairman is Alhaji Ibrahim Cheldu of the All Progressives Congress. Funakaye is bounded in the east by the Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa, beyond which lie Yobe State and Borno State.
It has an araa of 1,415 km and a population of 236,087 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 762. The town got its name from the two Fulani words "funa" meaning "East" and "ka’e" meaning "rocks" which means "East rocks".