Buruku

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Buruku
LGA and town
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Old Buruku Park in Jos
Buruku
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Benue State
Local Government HeadquartersBuruku Town
Government
 • Local Government Chairwoman and the Head of the Local Government CouncilJustina Sorkaa [1]
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Buruku

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

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:

DistrictProjected Population
Binev21,393
Etulo14,253
Mbaade14,795
Mbaakura23,421
Mbaapen47,646
Mbaatirkya37,001
Mbaazager16,114
Mbaikyongo16,462
Mbakyaan14,010
Mbatyough15,294
Mbaya37,820
Mbayaka19,518
Shorov13,891
Total291,618

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]

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References

  1. ↑ http://benuestate.gov.ng/portfolio/hon-mrs-justina-sorkaa-buruku/
  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."


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