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Marte Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Marte
Lake Chad basin LGA recovering from insurgency. Known for fishing, gum arabic and millet farming.
Marte 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 Marte LGA is Marte.
The headquarters of Marte Local Government Area is Marte. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Marte is 601601.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Marte Local Government Area had a population of 140,000 people.
Marte 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.
Marte 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.
Marte 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.