Kokona

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Kokona
LGA and town
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Kokona
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 9°0′0″N8°03′0″E / 9.00000°N 8.05000°E / 9.00000; 8.05000
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Nasarawa State
HeadquartersKokona Town
Government
  Abaga ToniLawrence Sylvester Ayih
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Kokona

Kokona is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Garaku.

It has an area of 1,844 km2 and a population of 109,749 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 961. [1]

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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.