Goronyo
Sign in to saveGoronyo is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Goronyo, on the Sokoto River. It has an area of 1,704 km and a population of 182,296 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 842.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Goronyo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sokoto State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Bashir Balla V
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1704
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 182296
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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Goronyo is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Goronyo, on the Sokoto River. It has an area of 1,704 km and a population of 182,296 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 842.
The LGA is the location of the Goronyo Dam, upstream of Goronyo town to the east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goronyo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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