Gwagwalada
Sign in to saveGwagwalada is a local government area in the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria. Gwagwalada serves as the traditional headquarters of the Bassa people in FCT - Abuja, with the Agụma of Gwagwalada, HRH Alhaji Muhammadu Magaji as the Chairman, Traditional Council of Chiefs, Gwagwalada Area Council.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gwagwalada
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local government area
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Federal Capital Territory
- Settlement.leader_title
- Executive chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,036
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 est
- Settlement.population_total
- 346,000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
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- Climate
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Gwagwalada is a local government area in the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria. Gwagwalada serves as the traditional headquarters of the Bassa people in FCT - Abuja, with the Agụma of Gwagwalada, HRH Alhaji Muhammadu Magaji as the Chairman, Traditional Council of Chiefs, Gwagwalada Area Council.
Gwagwalada has an area of 1,043 km2 and a population of 157,770 at the 2006 census. It is projected to have a 6.26% growth between 2020 and 2025, the largest increase on the African continent.