Kankara
Sign in to saveKankara is a Local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in the town of Kankara.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kankara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.motto
- Kankara ta danjanmakka mai gwanjon karfe
- 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
- Katsina State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Headquarters
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kankara
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1989
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1462
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 245739
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 243259
- Area
- 1462
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Wards
- Kankara kidnapping
- Climate
- References
Kankara is a Local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in the town of Kankara.
==Wards== The LGA has 11 political wards Burdugau Danmurabu Wawarkaza Pauwa Kankara Ketare Kukasheka Mabai Yargoje Yar'Tsamiya Zango The LGA has 19 Village Heads, with 350 Community Leaders. The LGA has 1 General Hospital, 1 Comprehensive Health Centre, 15 Primary Health Care, 2 Private clinics, and 42 Health Clinics and Dispensaries. Based on GIS map the LGA has total population of 405,438, target population of the children under one year is 16217, pregnant women 20271, women of child-bearing age is 89196, children under five years old 81,087. By Muhammad Kasim 07010191427