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Bursari Local Government Area
Yobe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Bursari
Agricultural LGA known for millet and sorghum. Recovering from insurgency with government support.
Bursari Local Government Area is located in Yobe State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Yobe Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Bursari LGA is Bursari.
The headquarters of Bursari Local Government Area is Bursari. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Bursari is 751001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Bursari Local Government Area had a population of 110,000 people.
Bursari 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.
Bursari Local Government Area is in Yobe State, Nigeria. Yobe State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Damaturu. Yobe State has 17 Local Government Areas in total.
Bursari Local Government Area is in the Yobe Central senatorial district of Yobe 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.