Gwer East is a Local Government Area of

Benue State Benue State is one of the North Central states in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. The state was created in 1976 among the 7 states created at that time.The state derives its name from the Benue River which is t ...

, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Aliade. It has an area of 2,294 km and a population of 163,647 at the 2006 census. The

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of the area is 971. The Local Government has three districts; Yonov, Njiriv and Ngyohov. It has 17 Council wards. It shares boundary with seven other local government areas.

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Local Government Areas in Benue State {{Benue-geo-stub