Kagarko

Kagarko (also Wogon) is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kagarko. It has an area of 1,864 km² and a population of 240,943 at the 2006 census. The postal code is 802.[1]

Kagarko

Wogon
LGA and Town
Nickname(s): 
Garin Bubu
Kagarko
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 9°27′0″N 7°41′0″E
Country Nigeria
StateKaduna State
Government
 • Local Government ChairmanNasara Rabo
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Websitewww.kagarkolocalgovernment.com

Boundaries

Kagarko (Wogon) Local Government Area shares boundaries with Kachia Local Government Area to the north, Jaba Local Government Area to the east, Niger State to west and the FCT to the south, respectively.[2][3]

Administrative Subdivisions

It comprises about eleven districts which are:

  1. Shadalafiya
  2. Katugal
  3. Kushe
  4. Jere
  5. Dogon Kurmi
  6. Kenyi
  7. Kurmin Dangana
  8. Kubacha (Uhuca)
  9. Aribi
  10. Kagarko (Wogon) districts.

It also has ten political wards which include:

  1. Kagarko North
  2. Kagarko South
  3. Jere North
  4. Jere South
  5. Aribi
  6. Kushe
  7. Kukui
  8. Iddah
  9. Katugal and
  10. Kurmin Jibrin.

People

The people are predominantly farmers. The Koro people is the dominant group in the area. Others are Gbagyi, Ham, Hausa and Adara. They are very hard working and mostly farmers, about 70% of ginger produced in Kaduna State is from Kagarko.


Kingship

Kagarko consists of 1 emirate council and 2 chiefdoms headed by the Emir Of Kagarko Alh. Sa'adu Abubakar.

References
  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. "Latest violence in Southern Kaduna Longest on record - Report". Premium Times Nigeria. February 12, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  3. "Kaduna-State-Political-Map". VON. Retrieved August 7, 2020.


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