Koko/Besse
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Koko/Besse is a Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in Koko town. The town was founded by Mallam Mamman Dan-Gindi, a grandson of Mallam Abdulsalami Bagimbane. The majority inhabitants of Koko/Besse are Gimbanawa and Fulani tribes.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Koko/Besse
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kebbi State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Siraju Usman Koko
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Kebbi State
- Population
- 154818
- Area
- 1299
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Climate
- References
Koko/Besse is a Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in Koko town. The town was founded by Mallam Mamman Dan-Gindi, a grandson of Mallam Abdulsalami Bagimbane. The majority inhabitants of Koko/Besse are Gimbanawa and Fulani tribes.
It has an area of 1,299 km and a population of 154,605 at the 2006 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koko/Besse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.