Kaduna North
| Kaduna North | |
|---|---|
| LGA | |
| Country |
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| State | Kaduna State |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Kaduna North is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Doka. It consist of the following settlements: Kawo, Sabon Kawo, Hayin Banki, Rafin Guza, Unguwan Dosa, Badarawa, Malali, Unguwan Rimi, Unguwan Yero, Unguwan Kanawa, Kabala, Abakpa, Unguwan Shanu, central business district (CBD)and Kwaru. It is bordered by Kaduna South,Igabi, and Chikun local government areas. It has a mixed population with Muslims and Hausas being dominant.
Geology
The entire Kaduna state is underlain by a basement complex of igneous and metamorphic rocks of mainly Jurassic to Pre-Cambrian ages. The basement complex rocks are essentially granites, gneisses, migmatites, schists and quartzites (Benett,1979;13).The geology of Kaduna North is predominantly metamorphic rocks of the Nigerian basement complex consisting of biotite gneisses and older granites (Kaduna State, 2003).
The topographical relief is relatively flat, having an elevation of between 600–650 metres in large areas of the local government. It is over 650 metres above mean sea level (a.m.s.l.) in some places, and below 500 metres in places that slope downward towards the river (Saleh,2015).
Weather and climate
Kaduna North lies completely in the part of Western Africa, well within the northern limit of the movement of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). It is characterized by two distinct seasonal regimes, oscillating between cool to hot dry and humid to wet season.
Temperature:the mean maximum
It has an area of 72 km² and a population of 357,694 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 800.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
State capital: Kaduna | ||
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