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Nganzai
Gajiram
Map
Country Nigeria
StateBorno State
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Nganzai is a Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gajiram.[citation needed]

Land Mass

It has an area of 2,467 km2 and a population of 99,799 at the 2006 census.[citation needed]

Postal Code

The postal code of the area is 612.[1]

History

It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State.[2]

Jihadist groups carried out massacres in July 2019 and June 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ Nigeria (2000). Nigeria: a people united, a future assured. Vol. 2, State Surveys (Millennium ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Information. p. 106. ISBN 9780104089.