Gwer East

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Gwer East
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CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Benue State
Local Government HeadquartersAliade
Government
  Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government CouncilVaah Vitalis Terna
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Gwer East

Gwer East is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Aliade.

It has an area of 2,294 km2 and a population of 163,647 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 971. [1]

The Local Government has three districts; Yonov, Njiriv and Ngyohov. It has 17 Council wards. It shares boundary with seven other local government areas.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.