Kwaya Kusar 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 federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

Borno State Borno is a States of Nigeria, state in the North East (Nigeria), North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Yobe State, Yobe to the west, Gombe State, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa State, Adamawa to the south while its ea ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. Its headquarters are in the town of Kwaya Kusar. It has an area of 732 km and a population of 56,500 at the 2006 census. The

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of the area is 603. The inhabitants speak the Bura language. They are mostly

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. It is one of the four LGAs that constitute the Biu Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.

Climatic Condition

With temperatures ranging from 61°F to 103°F, the climate has two distinct seasons: a hot, oppressive rainy season and a scorching, windy, and partly cloudy dry season.

References

Local Government Areas in Borno State Populated places in Borno State {{bornoNG-geo-stub