Gashaka

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Gashaka
Serti
LGA
Nickname: 
Baruwa
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Taraba State
Local Government HeadquartersSerti
Government
  EmirDr Zubairu Hammangabdo
  Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government CouncilHon. Umar Yusuf (Aluran Gari)
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Gashaka

Gashaka is a Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Serti.

It has an area of 8,393 km2 and a population of 87,781 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 672. [1] The Lamdo (Emir) of Gashaka is Alhaji Zubairu Hammangabdo Muhammadu Sambo. He was installed on 28 January 2017 after the demise of his father Alhaji Hammangabdo Muhammadu Sambo who had ruled the Gashaka kingdom for 51 years and died on 23 October 2016 at the age of 81. Fulani is the major spoken language in Gashaka and Serti town.

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References

  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.