Buruku

Buruku
LGA and town
Old Buruku Park in Jos
Country	Nigeria
State	Benue State
Local Government Headquarters	Buruku Town
Government
• Local Government Chairwoman and the Head of the Local Government Council	Justina Sorkaa [1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Buruku is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Buruku.

Population

It covers an area of 1,246 km² and has a population of 203,721 according to the 2006 census.

Buruku LGA consists of the following districts (wards) with their projected population as of December 2017:

District	Projected Population
Binev	21,393
Etulo	14,253
Mbaade	14,795
Mbaakura	23,421
Mbaapen	47,646
Mbaatirkya	37,001
Mbaazager	16,114
Mbaikyongo	16,462
Mbakyaan	14,010
Mbatyough	15,294
Mbaya	37,820
Mbayaka	19,518
Shorov	13,891
Total	291,618

Over 80% of adults in this rural population are engaged in food crop production but each household also holds some livestock and citrus farm. The crop farmers produce yams, cassava, soyabeans, rice, groundnuts, sesame seed (beniseed), beans, guinea corn, millet, bambara nuts, ginger, sugar cane, and maize. Buruku is a riverine local government area with large areas of Katsina-Ala River Basin where sugar cane is planted in commercial quantity.

Rice is also produced in commercial quantities along the River Katsina-Ala basin and its streams/tributaries. Popular local markets in Buruku LGA are Ityowanye, Adi, Abwa, Buruku, Adogo, Kur, Usen, Agwabi, Ortese-Mbashian, Gbanyam, Ugah, Jingir, and Dogo/Wuna. Buruku has a large citrus and soya beans market at Ityowanye.

The postal code of the area is 981. ^[2]

Climate

The temperature ranges from 63 °F to 92 °F and has a wet season marked by gloomy skies and a dry season marked by humid weather. ^[3]

References

1. "Hon. Mrs. Justina Sorkaa – Buruku". benuestate.gov.ng. Archived from the original on 2018-02-01.
2. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
3. "Buruku Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2023-09-09.

3. "National Population Commission, 2006 Census Figures."

4. "World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria Population by Zone, State, LGA and Ward."