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Funtua
Katsina State, Nigeria · Africa
About Funtua
Funtua sits on the route: 25 minutes from Bakori.
Funtua is in Katsina State, Nigeria, with about 140,000 people. The nearest town is Bakori, about 13 km away.
Funtua is a town and local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria.
It is one of the premier local governments in Nigeria created after the local government reforms in 1976. It is the headquarters of the Katsina South senatorial district, which comprises eleven local governments: Bakori, Danja, Dandume, Faskari,Read more
Sabuwa, Kankara, Malumfashi, Kafur, Musawa, Matazu and Funtua.
Funtua has a conducive weather condition as it lies at latitude and longitude 11°32'N, 7°19'E. The city has an average temperature of 32 °C and humidity of 44%.
It has an area of 448 square kilometres (173 sq mi) and a population of 225,571 at the 2006 census and 570,110 according to 2016 estimate. The chairman is the official head of local government. The inhabitants are Hausa, and their main occupations are trading and farming. However, there are other tribes such as Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo, Nupe, Bendel among others.
Funtua is a cosmopolitan town and is located in the southern extreme end of Katsina State and is the second largest city in the state after Katsina. It borders Giwa local government of Kaduna State to the south, Bakori to the east, Danja to the southeast, Faskari to the northwest and Dandume to the west.
The postal code of the area is 830.
The source of the Sokoto River is located near Funtua.
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Funtua is in Katsina State, Nigeria, about 13 km from Bakori.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 136,811
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Katsina State
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 11.5235, 7.3117
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