Chikun is a Local Government Area in central

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. It has an area of 4,466 km, and had a population of 372,272 as at the 2006 census. Its headquarters is in the town of Kujama. The

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of the area is 2438000.

Boundaries

Chikun Local Government Area shares boundaries with Kachia Local Government Area to the south, Kajuru Local Government Area to the east, Kaduna South Local Government Area to the northeast, Igabi Local Government Area to the northeast, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area to the northwest and

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to west, respectively.

Administrative subdivisions

Chikun Local Government Area consists of 12 subdivisions called Wards (second-order administrative divisions), namely: # Chikun # Gwagwada # Kakau # Kujama # Kunai # Kuriga # Narayi # Nassarawa # Rido # Sabon Gari Nassarawa # Sabon Tasha # Yelwa

History

Chikun Local Government Area derives its name from a Gbagyi village named Chikun in the southeastern part of Kujama. The area was originally populated by the

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but is now being subsumed by urbanization making it a cosmopolitan part of

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. On 5 July 2021, over 100 secondary school pupils

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ped.

Demographics

Population

Chikun Local Government Area according to the March 21, 2006 national population census was put at 372,272. Its population was projected by th
''National Population Commission of Nigeria and National Bureau of Statistics''
to be 502,500 by March 21, 2016.

People

Indigenous people

The indigenous people are the

. They also make up the major population in the area.

Other people

Kingship

Esu Chikun (recently ''Sa-Gbagyi''), Danjuma Shekwonugaza Barde of Gbagyi, is the traditional ruler of the area. The jurisdiction of the royal Chief covers the entire Chikun Local Government Area and parts of Kaduna South Local Government Area of Television village and Romi New Extension.

References

Local Government Areas in Kaduna State {{kaduna-geo-stub