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Gulani Local Government Area
Yobe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Gulani
Agricultural LGA recovering from insurgency. Millet and sorghum farming are main occupations.
Gulani 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 Gulani LGA is Gulani.
The headquarters of Gulani Local Government Area is Gulani. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gulani is 750301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gulani Local Government Area had a population of 148,000 people.
Gulani 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.
Gulani 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.
Gulani 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.