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Jere Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Monguno (part)
Surrounds Maiduguri city. Home to IDP camps and major commercial suburbs of the Borno capital.
Jere Local Government Area is located in Borno State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Borno Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Jere LGA is Monguno (part).
The headquarters of Jere Local Government Area is Monguno (part). This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Monguno (part) is 600101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Jere Local Government Area had a population of 249,902 people.
Jere 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.
Jere 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.
Jere Local Government Area is in the Borno Central 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.