Gudu

Gudu is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Balle.

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Settlement.official_name: Gudu
Settlement.native_name: Karamar Hukumar Gudu
Settlement.nickname: Land of Promise
Settlement.settlement_type: LGA
Settlement.motto: Striving Towards Advancement
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nigeria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sokoto State
Settlement.leader_title: Chairman
Settlement.leader_name: Buhari Amadu Kurdala
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3478
Settlement.population_as_of: 2019
Settlement.population_total: 139,000
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities

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Gudu is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Balle.

With an area of 3,478 km and a population of 95,544 at the 2006 census, with an estimated population of 139,000 in 2019. Gudu shares a boundary with the Republic of Niger to the north and the west, Kebbi state to the south, Binji LGA to the southeast, Tangaza LGA to the east. In 1804 Gudu was the capital of the Sokoto Caliphate.

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