Jema'a
Sign in to save'''Jema'a' (also written Ajemaa and Jama'a'') is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria with headquarters at Kafanchan. The Local Government Council is chaired by Yunana Barde. It has an area of 1,384 km2 and a population of 278,202 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 801.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jema'a
- Settlement.other_name
- Jama'a
- Settlement.native_name
- Ajemaa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: Entrance, Jemaa LGA Secretariat, Kafanchan A Bust of Patrick Yakowa, Kafanchan Jemaa LGA Secretariat
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kaduna State
- Settlement.seat_type
- Headquarters
- Settlement.seat
- Kafanchan
- Settlement.government_type
- Democracy
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Executive Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Yunana Barde
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,384
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_note
- 2006 National Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 278,202
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'''Jema'a' (also written Ajemaa and Jama'a'') is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria with headquarters at Kafanchan. The Local Government Council is chaired by Yunana Barde. It has an area of 1,384 km2 and a population of 278,202 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 801.
==Geography== === Landscape === Jema'a Local Government Area lies on a broad low - lying topography with gently rolling plains on either side. it is flanked by two rivers. To the northwestern side of the area is the Amere or Mada river popularly referred to as River Wonderful by the people because it has claimed many lives including those of some of the colonial engineers during the rail bridge construction at Aduwan (another bridge build on the same river during the British colonial era exists near Kogum River Station). The second river to the southeast is the Sanga (or the Kogum River) sourced from the plateau. Both rivers merge close to the Kogum River Station. There lie in addition, numerous hills, valleys streams. The undulating lands also provide fertile grounds for agricultural activities. The area has an average humidity of thirty percent and an average wind speed of eleven kilometers per hour.
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