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Nangere Local Government Area
Yobe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Nangere
Agricultural LGA recovering from insurgency, known for millet and sorghum farming.
Nangere 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 Nangere LGA is Nangere.
The headquarters of Nangere Local Government Area is Nangere. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Nangere is 751201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Nangere Local Government Area had a population of 130,000 people.
Nangere 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.
Nangere 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.
Nangere 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.