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Gubio Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Gubio
Semi-arid LGA recovering from insurgency, near the Lake Chad basin. Known for millet and gum arabic.
Gubio Local Government Area is located in Borno State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Borno North senatorial district. The headquarters of Gubio LGA is Gubio.
The headquarters of Gubio Local Government Area is Gubio. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gubio is 601101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gubio Local Government Area had a population of 130,000 people.
Gubio Local Government Area was created in 1996 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.
Gubio Local Government Area is in Borno State, Nigeria. Borno State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Maiduguri. Borno State has 26 Local Government Areas in total.
Gubio Local Government Area is in the Borno North senatorial district of Borno 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.