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Gwoza Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Gwoza
Mountainous LGA on the Mandara Mountains. Formerly held by Boko Haram as caliphate capital. Rebuilding.
Gwoza Local Government Area is located in Borno State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Borno South senatorial district. The headquarters of Gwoza LGA is Gwoza.
The headquarters of Gwoza Local Government Area is Gwoza. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gwoza is 602301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gwoza Local Government Area had a population of 186,000 people.
Gwoza Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Gwoza 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.
Gwoza Local Government Area is in the Borno South 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.