Bakori is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

Katsina State Katsina State ''(Hausa: Jihar Katsina) (Fula: Leydi Katsina 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢)'' is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State was created in 1987, when it split from Kaduna State. Today, K ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. It was created on 15 May 1989 by the then military governor of Katsina State Major General

Lawrence Onoja Lawrence Anebi Onoja (born 1948) was the military governor of Plateau State, Nigeria from 1986 to July 1988 and then of Katsina State until December 1989 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He later became Principal Staff O ...

It has an area of 679 km² and a population of 641,576 as of the 2006 census. Moreover, it shares border with

Funtua Funtua is a Local Government Area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway. It is one of the premier Local Governments in Nigeria created after the Local Governments reforms in 1976. It is the headqu ...

by the west,

Malumfashi Malumfashi (or Malum Fashi) is a local government in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Malumfashi. It has an area of 674 km² and a population of 182,920 at the 2006 census. The current chairman of the local governme ...

in the north, Danja in the south and

Kankara Official = Kankara LGA Other name = Kankara Native name = Kankara Ta Danjanmakka mai gwanjon karfe Settlement_type = LGA Headquarters and town Motto = Kankara Ta Danjanmakka mai gwanjon karfe Government_type = Local Government Area Year of Creat ...

in the east. Federal Government Girls College is located at Bakori. The

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of the area is 831.

Notable people from Bakori

Notable people from Bakori include: *

Amina Lawal Amina Lawal Kurami (born 1972) is a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock. Lawal was sentenced by an Islamic Sharia court in Funtua, in the northern state of Katsina, in Nigeria, on 22 ...

- sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, but eventually acquitted *Senator

Mohammed Tukur Liman Mohammed Tukur Liman was elected Senator for the Katsina South constituency of Katsina State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. After tak ...

- former Senate Majority Leader (1999-2003)

Geography

Bakori local government area covers a total land area of 679 square kilometres with wind speed of 4km/h. The area has an average temperature of 36°C, while the humidity of the area is recorded at 14%.

References

External links

The official website of Bakori Local Government in Katsina State
Local Government Areas in Katsina State {{katsina-geo-stub