Bayo 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 ...
of
Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...
,
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 ...
. Its headquarters are in the town Fikayel.
It has an area of 956 km and a population of 78,978 at the 2006 census.
The
postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...
of the area is 603.
It is one of the four LGAs that constitute the
Biu Emirate
The Biu Emirate is a Nigerian traditional states, traditional state based in Biu, Nigeria, Biu in Borno State, Nigeria. Prior to 1920 it was referred to as the Biu Kingdom.
History
The rulers of Biu are numbered from Abdullahi, later known as Yam ...
, a
traditional state
Traditional authority is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a regime is largely tied to tradition or custom. The main reason for the given state of affairs is that " things have always been that way".Reinhard Bendi ...
located in Borno State, Nigeria.
References
Local Government Areas in Borno State
Populated places in Borno State
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