Funtua
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Funtua is a local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria, and is headquartered in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Funtua
- Settlement.nickname
- Huntuwa Huntun Dutse (Ta Magaji Mai Hayakin Taba)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.motto
- Huntun dutse ta Magaji mai Naira; Ka zo da arziki ka kara arziki, ka zo da tsiya ka koma da arziki.
- 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
- Katsina
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Alhaji Abdu Goya
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 448
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 225,571 and 502,110 according to 2016 estimate
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank1
- Hausa and other Nigeria Ethnic groups
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Katsina State
- Population
- 75029
- Area
- 448
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Funtua town view from Funtua Rock.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Commerce and industry
- Transport
- Educational institutions
- Electricity and water supply
- Funtua Inland Container Dry Port
- Climate
- Average Temperature
- Notable people
- Some towns and villages in Funtua
- See also
- References
Funtua is a local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria, and is headquartered in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway.
It is one of the premier local governments in Nigeria created after the local government reforms in 1976. It is the headquarters of the Katsina South senatorial district, which comprises eleven local governments: Bakori, Danja, Dandume, Faskari, Sabuwa, Kankara, Malumfashi, Kafur, Musawa, Matazu and Funtua.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Funtua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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