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Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area
Gombe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Deba
Agricultural LGA known for cotton and groundnut farming. Important commercial activities along the Gombe bypass.
Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area is located in Gombe State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Gombe Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Yamaltu/Deba LGA is Deba.
The headquarters of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area is Deba. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Deba is 770101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area had a population of 180,000 people.
Yamaltu/Deba 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.
Yamaltu/Deba 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.
Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area is in the Gombe Central 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.