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Funakaye Local Government Area
Gombe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Ashaka
Known for the Funakaye people and the Ashaka Cement Plant. Important industrial LGA.
Funakaye Local Government Area is located in Gombe State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Gombe North senatorial district. The headquarters of Funakaye LGA is Ashaka.
The headquarters of Funakaye Local Government Area is Ashaka. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ashaka is 772101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Funakaye Local Government Area had a population of 126,000 people.
Funakaye 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.
Funakaye Local Government Area is in Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Gombe. Gombe State has 11 Local Government Areas in total.
Funakaye Local Government Area is in the Gombe North senatorial district of Gombe 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.