Giwa
Sign in to saveGiwa Local Government Area is a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Giwa. The Government Council is chaired by Ahmad Sama'ila yakawada .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Giwa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kaduna State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Executive Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ahmad Samaila Abdullahi Yakawada
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- 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
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Kaduna State
- Population
- 292384
- Area
- 2066
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Economic activities in Giwa
- Administrative Sub-divisions
- Educational Activities in Giwa
- Climate
- References
Giwa Local Government Area is a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Giwa. The Government Council is chaired by Ahmad Sama'ila yakawada .
It was created on 15 September 1991, by the then president and the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR, out of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.