Gezawa
Sign in to savethumb|left|Traditional mudbrick making in Gezawa village. Gezawa is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Gezawa Local Government Area administrative headquarters is in the town of Gezawa with its area council made up of Jogana, Gezawa, Mesar-Tudu, Gawo, Zango, Danzaki, Tumbau, Wangara, Sararin-Gezawa, Babawa, Ketawa and Tsamiya-Babba. It has an area of 340 km and a population of 282,069 at the 2006 census. Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups make up the majority of the local population. The majority religion practiced in the region is Islam, and the languages spoken there are Fulful
Key facts
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- WAT
- Settlement.official_name
- Gezawa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
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- Nigeria
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- 250
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- Location in Nigeria
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- Country
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kano State
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 340
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 282,069
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- Ethnicities
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- Religions
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- +1
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- yes
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- 9
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thumb|left|Traditional mudbrick making in Gezawa village. Gezawa is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Gezawa Local Government Area administrative headquarters is in the town of Gezawa with its area council made up of Jogana, Gezawa, Mesar-Tudu, Gawo, Zango, Danzaki, Tumbau, Wangara, Sararin-Gezawa, Babawa, Ketawa and Tsamiya-Babba. It has an area of 340 km and a population of 282,069 at the 2006 census. Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups make up the majority of the local population. The majority religion practiced in the region is Islam, and the languages spoken there are Fulfulde and Hausa.
The Gezawa government councils heads the public administrations in Gezawa government area which is made up of eleven wards represented by eleven councilors inclusive of the chairman who heads the executive arm of the local government.