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LGA and town in Katsina, Nigeria
Funtua
LGA and town
Nickname:
Huntuwa Huntun Dutse (Ta Magaji Mai Hayakin Taba)
Motto(s):
Huntun dutse ta Magaji mai Naira; Ka zo da arziki ka kara arziki, ka zo da tsiya ka koma da arziki.
Funtua is a local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway.
It is one of the premier local governments in Nigeria created after the local government reforms in 1976. It is the headquarters of the Katsina South senatorial district, which comprises eleven local governments: Bakori, Danja, Dandume, Faskari, Sabuwa, Kankara, Malumfashi, Kafur, Musawa, Matazu and Funtua.
Funtua has a conducive weather condition as it lies at latitude and longitude 11°32'N , 7°19'E. The city has an average temperature of 32oC and humidity of 44%.
It has an area of 448 square kilometres (173 sq mi) and a population of 225,571 at the 2006 census and 570,110 according to 2016 estimate. The chairman is the official head of local government. The inhabitants are predominantly Fulani, Their main occupations are trading, farming and animal rearing.
Funtua is in the southern extreme end of Katsina State and is the second largest city in the state after Katsina. It borders Giwa local government of Kaduna State to the south, Bakori to the east, Danja to the southeast, Faskari to the northwest and Dandume to the west.
The postal code of the area is 830.[1]
The source of the Sokoto River is located near Funtua.
Funtua town view from Funtua Rock
^"Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
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