Nganzai

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Nganzai
Gajiram
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State Borno State
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Nganzai

Nganzai is a Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. Nganzai LGA has an administrative headquarters in Gajiram town with the area council consisting communities and villages of Nganzai, Badu, Alarge, Damaram, Gadai, Kuda, Kurnawa, Maiwa, Miye, Sugundure, Gajiram and Sabsabuwa.

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It's an Islamic region consisting of up to 90% Kanuri's and 10% others. It has a population of over 100,000 people who were displace by terrorist group of Boko Haram and later resettled by his Excellency Proff Babagana Umara Zulum.

The region is rich in agriculture and other mineral resources. [ citation needed ]

Land Mass

It has an area of 2,467 km2 and a population of 99,799 at the 2006 census.[ citation needed ]

Postal Code

The postal code of the area is 612. [1]

History

It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State. [2]

Jihadist groups carried out massacres in July 2019 and June 2020.

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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.
  2. Nigeria (2000). Nigeria: a people united, a future assured. Vol. 2, State Surveys (Millennium ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Information. p. 106. ISBN   9780104089.