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Pankshin

Pankshin is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Pankshin.

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Settlement.official_name: Pankshin
Settlement.settlement_type: LGA and town
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Plateau State
Settlement.seat_type: Headquarters
Settlement.seat: Pankshin Town
Settlement.leader_title: Local Government Chairman
Settlement.leader_name: Samuel Go'ar
Settlement.leader_title1: Ngolong Ngas (Head of Pankshin and Kanke Traditional Council of chiefs)
Settlement.leader_name1: Nde Jika Golit
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1524
Settlement.population_as_of: 2006
Settlement.population_total: 191685
Settlement.population_density_km2: 125.7
Settlement.timezone: WAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Pankshin is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Pankshin.

It has an area of 1,524 km and a population of 191,685 at the 2006 However, some of the native inhabitants are widely found in neighboring localities where they migrated over a hundred years in search of better agricultural land: Shendam, Gindiri, Mangu, Bokkos and a number of states such as Bauchi, Taraba and Nasarawa due to the quest for arable agricultural land and family expansion.