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Safana is a Local Government Area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in the town of Safana in the east of the area at. The western border of the area is shared with Zamfara State. It has an area of 282 km and a population of 183,779 at the 2006 census.

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Settlement.official_name
Safana
Settlement.settlement_type
LGA and town
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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.leader_title
Chairman
Settlement.leader_name
Abba dayyabu safana
Settlement.established_title
established
Settlement.established_date
1989
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
1418
Settlement.population_as_of
2006 census
Settlement.population_total
183,779
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Ethnicities
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Religions

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Safana is a Local Government Area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in the town of Safana in the east of the area at. The western border of the area is shared with Zamfara State. It has an area of 282 km and a population of 183,779 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 821.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Safana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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