Funakaye

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.

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

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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

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postal code: 762001

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

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

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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Funakaye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.