Jaba 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 southern

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city 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 ...

. It covers an area of 531 km². It is located close to the

Jos Plateau The Jos Plateau is a plateau located near the centre of Nigeria. The plateau has given its name to the Plateau State in which it is found and is named for the state's capital, Jos. The plateau is home to people of diverse cultures and languages ...

region and

Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...

in the central part of

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. The local government capital is in the town of Kwoi. 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 801. The Chairman of the local government oversee both economic and developmental activities in the area. Locus bean

Etymology

It is named after a local Hausa word used to describe the

Ham people The Ham people are an ethnic group found in the southern part of Kaduna State in the northwestern region of Nigeria, predominantly in Jaba, Kachia and Kagarko Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. They speak the Hyam langua ...

who occupy most of the local government. The Ham people describe the word as derogatory.

History

The Local Government was created on the 27th of August 1991. It was carved out from

Jema'a Jema'a (also written ''Ajemaa'' and ''Jama'a'') is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria with headquarters at Kafanchan. The Local Government Council is chaired by Yunana Barde. It has an area of 1,384 km2 and a population ...

Local Government Area. The local government is one of the old place in southern Kaduna, which the Java paramount chiefs since the colonial administration from 1910 till date.

Boundaries

Jaba

shares boundaries with

Kachia Kachia Hausa Fulani and Kadara and Jaba is a Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kachia. It has an area of 4,570 km and a population of 252,568 in the 2006 census. The postal ...

to the northwest,

Kagarko Kagarko is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kagarko. It has an area of 2,356 km and a population of 239,058 at the 2006 census. The Local Government Council is chaired by Nasara Rabo. The ...

to the southwest,

Zangon Kataf Zangon Kataf ( Tyap: Nietcen-A̱fakan) is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Zonkwa. It is also a name of a town ( Tyap: Nietcen-A̱fakan) in the chiefdom of the Atyap. Other towns include ...

to the north,

to the east and

Nasarawa State Nasarawa State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba and Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Kogi and Benue, and to the west by the Federal Capital Terri ...

to south, respectively.

Administrative subdivisions

Jaba

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Nok Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is an archeological site. Archaeology The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, of which these ...

# Sabchem # Sabzuro # Samban

Demographics

At the 2000 and 2006 census, there were 155,973 people in the local government area and a 2016 projection of 210,500. It is inhabited predominantly by

, part of the people likely to have created the

Nok culture The Nok culture (or Nok civilization) is a population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of Nok in Kaduna State of Nigeria, where their terracotta sculptures were first discovered in 1928. The Nok culture appeared in Nigeria ...

. The inhabitants are predominantly Christians.

Infrastructure

Roads

From the

Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...

capital, Jos, it is a journey by road to

Kafanchan Kafanchan (''Fantswam'': A̠byin Fantswam; '' Nikyob'': Manɡyanɡ) is a town located in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria, which owes much of its development to the railway development in the area, being situated at a particular junc ...

to Sambang, Kwain,

, and to all other villages. From

Kaduna Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the ...

, it is a journey through

, Ngboodub, Ghikyaar and to Har Kwain.

Education

There are a few administrative offices/agencies with educational institutions with the only higher institution being ECWA Pastors' Training College in Kwain (Kwoi).

Notable people

Ishaya Ibrahim Ishaya Iko Ibrahim (19 September 1952 – 4 January 2022) was the 18th Chief of the Nigerian Naval Staff. He was flag officer commanding Naval training command and Naval western command before his appointment as Chief of Naval Staff in August ...

, military personnel * Adamu Maikori, lawyer, banker, politician * Audu Maikori, lawyer, entrepreneur *

Yahaya Maikori Yahaya Maikori is a Nigerian entertainment lawyer. He is the founder of the law firm Law Allianz and the co-founder of the record label Chocolate City. Education Yahaya Maikori is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University. He earned his Bachelo ...

, lawyer, entrepreneur *

Usman Mu'azu Air Vice-Marshal (retired) Usman Mu'azu (1942–2008) was the military governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria from January 1984 to August 1985, during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari. Mu'azu was born in Kwoi, Jaba Local Government Ar ...

, military personnel * Andrew Jonathan Nok, biochemist

References

External links

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