Ganye
Sign in to saveGanye is a town and Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Jada and Toungo Local Governments were carved out from Ganye local government area of Adamawa state Nigeria. Ganye is bordered by Jada Local Government Area to the North and East, Toungo Local Government Area to the South and Taraba State to the West. It is the headquarter of the Sama (Chamba) people worldwide.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ganye
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ganye.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- Map of Adamawa State highlighting Ganye
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Adamawa State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Gangwari
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2,095
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 262,100
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Adamawa State
- Population
- 164087
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Ganye main river.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- The Ruler
- Major Villages
- Demography
- Climate
- Temperature
- Cloud
- Precipitation
- References
Ganye is a town and Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Jada and Toungo Local Governments were carved out from Ganye local government area of Adamawa state Nigeria. Ganye is bordered by Jada Local Government Area to the North and East, Toungo Local Government Area to the South and Taraba State to the West. It is the headquarter of the Sama (Chamba) people worldwide.
== History == Ganye Local Government Area is one of the major Local Government Areas of Adamawa State with Mubi and Numan.The major and ruling tribe of Ganye is the Sama (Chamba) Language with other tribes such as Fulani and Mummuye and others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ganye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations