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Fune Local Government Area
Yobe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Fune
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet farming in eastern Yobe.
Fune Local Government Area is located in Yobe State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Yobe East senatorial district. The headquarters of Fune LGA is Fune.
The headquarters of Fune Local Government Area is Fune. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Fune is 750201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Fune Local Government Area had a population of 178,000 people.
Fune 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.
Fune 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.
Fune Local Government Area is in the Yobe East 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.