Jahun | |
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LGA and town | |
  Jahun Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 12°04′0″N9°38′0″E / 12.06667°N 9.63333°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Jigawa State |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman | Ado Mai Unguwa (APC) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Jahun is a Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jahun.
It has an area of 1,172 km2 and a population of 229,094 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 720. [1]
With temperatures ranging from 55°F to 104°F all year round, the climate has two hot, humid, mostly cloudy wet seasons and one scorching, partly cloudy dry season. [2] [3]
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