Kankia (or Kankiya) 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
Katsina State,
Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kankia in the north of the area on the
A9 highway at.
It has an area of 824 km and a population of 151,434 at the 2006 census.
The
postal code of the area is 822.
References
Local Government Areas in Katsina State
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