Ganjuwa
Sign in to saveGanjuwa is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was curved out from the Darazo Local Government in September, 1991 and it's bordered with Jigawa State from the North and Gombe State from the South East. The Local Government also shares borders with the following Local Governments: - Bauchi Local Government from the South, Toro Local Government from the West, Ningi Local Government from the North West, Darazo Local Government from the North South East and Kirfi Local Government from the East.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ganjuwa
- Settlement.other_name
- Kafin Madaki
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bauchi State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mohammed Idris Miya
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 280, 486
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Official name
- Ganjuwa Local Government Area
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Bauchi State
- Population
- 144758
- Area
- 5440
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- postal code
- 742
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Religion
- Educational Institutions
- Commercial and Industrial Activities
- Local Generated Revenue
- References
Ganjuwa is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was curved out from the Darazo Local Government in September, 1991 and it's bordered with Jigawa State from the North and Gombe State from the South East. The Local Government also shares borders with the following Local Governments: - Bauchi Local Government from the South, Toro Local Government from the West, Ningi Local Government from the North West, Darazo Local Government from the North South East and Kirfi Local Government from the East.
Based on the 2006 Population Census figure, the Local Government has a population of 280,486 with numerous tribes/languages, but prominent among them are Gerawa, Denawa, Miyawa, Kariyawa, Hausawa, Fulanis among others. Ganjuwa Local Government now has one District, eight Village Areas and 122 Hamlets. The Madaki of Bauchi is the District Head of Ganjuwa, and the King maker of the Bauchi Emirate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ganjuwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.