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Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Sule Tankarkar
Agricultural LGA known for sorghum and groundnut farming. Sparsely populated with pastoral communities.
Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area is located in Jigawa State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Jigawa East senatorial district. The headquarters of Sule Tankarkar LGA is Sule Tankarkar.
The headquarters of Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area is Sule Tankarkar. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Sule Tankarkar is 721001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area had a population of 110,000 people.
Sule Tankarkar 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.
Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area is in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Jigawa State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Dutse. Jigawa State has 27 Local Government Areas in total.
Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area is in the Jigawa East senatorial district of Jigawa 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.