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Giade Local Government Area
Bauchi State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Giade
Semi-arid LGA known for livestock, groundnuts and the Giade emirate.
Giade Local Government Area is located in Bauchi State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Bauchi North senatorial district. The headquarters of Giade LGA is Giade.
The headquarters of Giade Local Government Area is Giade. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Giade is 742301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Giade Local Government Area had a population of 95,264 people.
Giade Local Government Area was created in 1991 as part of the national local government reforms. Nigeria has had several rounds of LGA creation — 1976, 1991, and 1996 — which expanded the total from 301 to the current 774 LGAs.
Giade Local Government Area is in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Bauchi State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Bauchi. Bauchi State has 20 Local Government Areas in total.
Giade Local Government Area is in the Bauchi North senatorial district of Bauchi State. This district is represented by a senator in the Nigerian National Assembly. Each senatorial district in Nigeria comprises several LGAs and elects one senator for a four-year term.