Bebeji 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 ...
in
Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...
,
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 of Bebeji.
It has an area of 717 km and a population of 188,859 at the 2006 census.
The
postal code
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of the area is 711.
Geography
The town of Bebeji is located 45 km southwest of
Kano, with an estimated population of 350,346.
[. Retrieved February 20, 2007.]
It is in close proximity to Bagauda dam which supplies most of the potable water of Bebeji, the federal government recently approved a dam in Bebeji to supplement the Bagauda dam sometimes known for its structural failures. Bebeji is also the location of Habe mosque, declared a monument in 1964. The town is known to have a significant occurrence of
ilmenite, a weakly magnetic mineral containing titanium oxide.
Alhaji Alhassan Dantata a prominent merchant in the early 1990s, and father to successful businessmen in the ancient city of
Kano including late
Alhaji Sanusi Dantata and
Alhaji Aminu Dantata was born in the town of Bebeji in 1877.
Among the notable persons who resided and die in the town are: Alhaji Sani Babanyaya, Alhaji Amadu Dankofa et al.
Pictures
Some pictures (to be uploaded) here.
Government
The current federal representative is Dr, Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa
Retrieved February 20, 2010. a former commissioner in Kano State. The chairman of the Bebeji Local Government Area is Kantoma Bebeji.
Bebeji Local Government was created in 1990 during the administration of General
Ibrahim Babangida.
References
Local Government Areas in Kano State
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