Vandeikya
Sign in to saveVandeikya is a local government area in Benue State Nigeria. The capital is Vandeikya town.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Vandeikya
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and State Capital
- 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
- Benue State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 687
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 338,700
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Benue State
- Population
- 234567
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Council wards
- Districts
- Towns and villages
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Markets
- Investment potentials
- Road network
- Health care
- Notable people
- Politicians and government
- Military and law enforcement
- Entertainment and sports
- Cultural icons
- Education
- References
Vandeikya is a local government area in Benue State Nigeria. The capital is Vandeikya town.
Vandeikya LGA was carved out of Gboko Local Government Council in 1976. The indigenous community is the Kunav people who speak Tiv language. The Vandeikya people are a hospitable group and are predominantly Christians with a few traditionalists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vandeikya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.