Gagarawa Gagarawa tasha | |
|---|---|
LGA and town | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Jigawa State |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman | Sani Muktar (APC) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Gagarawa is a Local Government Area in the north of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gagarawa.
It has an area of 654 km2 and a population of 80,394 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 732. [1]
With a yearly temperature of 33.5°C, which is higher than the national average for Nigeria, and 46.09mm of precipitation, Gagarawa, Nigeria, has a subtropical steppe climate. [2] [3]
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