Akwanga

Akwanga
Kpange
Mada Kasa
LGA and town
Nickname(s): AK
Motto: Mada Sei Gir
Akwanga

Location in Nigeria

Coordinates: 8°55′0″N 8°23′0″E / 8.91667°N 8.38333°E / 8.91667; 8.38333Coordinates: 8°55′0″N 8°23′0″E / 8.91667°N 8.38333°E / 8.91667; 8.38333
Country  Nigeria
State Nasarawa State
Headquarters Akwanga Town
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Akwanga is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Akwanga.

It has an area of 996 km² and a population of 113,430 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 960.[1]

Education

It is the town of the only State college of education in Nasarawa state. Akwanga is a center of Education in Nasarawa State. apart from the State college of Education, there other tertiary institutions, like Hill College of education Gwanje, NACABS Polytechnic, School of Health Alushi. Akwanga has the highest number of schools in nasarawa state.

References

  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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