Jema'a Ajemaa Jama'a | |
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LGA and Town | |
   Clockwise from top: Entrance, Jemaa LGA Secretariat, Kafanchan • A Bust of Patrick Yakowa, Kafanchan• Jemaa LGA Secretariat | |
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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Kaduna State |
| Headquarters | Kafanchan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democracy |
| • Executive Chairman | Yunana Barde |
| Area | |
• Total | 534 sq mi (1,384 km2) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 278,202 |
| • Density | 703/sq mi (271.4/km2) |
| 2006 National Census | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| ISO 3166 code | NG.KD.JE[1] |
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Jema'a (also writtenAjemaa andJama'a) is aLocal Government Area insouthernKaduna State,Nigeria with headquarters atKafanchan. The Local Government Council is chaired by Yunana Barde.[2] It has an area of 1,384 km2 and a population of 278,202 at the 2006 census.[3] Thepostal code of the area is 801.[4]
Jema'a Local Government Area lies on a broad low - lying topography with gently rolling plains on either side. it is flanked by two rivers.[5] To the northwestern side of the area is the Amere or Mada river popularly referred to as River Wonderful by the people because it has claimed many lives including those of some of the colonial engineers during the rail bridge construction at Aduwan (another bridge build on the same river during the British colonial era exists near Kogum River Station).[6][7] The second river to the southeast is the Sanga (or the Kogum River) sourced from theplateau. Both rivers merge close to the Kogum River Station. There lie in addition, numerous hills, valleys streams. The undulating lands also provide fertile grounds for agricultural activities.[8] The area has an average humidity of thirty percent and an average wind speed of eleven kilometers per hour.[9]
Jema'aLocal Government Area (LGA) shares boundaries withZangon Kataf LGA to the north,Jaba LGA to the west,Sanga LGA to the east,Kaura LGA to the northeast;Riyom LGA ofPlateau State to the east andKaru LGA ofNasarawa State to the south respectively.[10][11]
Jema'aLocal Government Area consists of 12 subdivisions (second-order administrative divisions) namely:[12]
Jema'aLocal Government Area consist of a number of related ethnic groups and subgroups as well as a migrant population from other parts of the country, especially in theLocal Government Area headquarters ofKafanchan .[13]
The ethnic groups and subgroups in Jema'a LGA include: hausa people (hausa), Numana peopleNumana, fulani peoplefulani,Gwong,Nikyob,Nindem andNyankpa.[14] Others are:Atyap,Bajju,Berom,Gwong, Atuku,Ham,Igbo andYoruba.[15]
According to the March 21, 2006 national population census, Jema'a (Ajemaa) had a population of 278,202. Its population was projected by theNational Population Commission of Nigeriahttps://nationalpopulation.gov.ng/ and National Bureau of Statistics to be 375,500 by March 21, 2016.
The people of the local government are predominantly farmers, cultivatingcash crops such ascotton,peanuts andginger; and food crops such as corn,millet andsorghum in subsistent qualities.[16] There is also an oldtin mining tunnel site in the town ofGodogodo.[9]
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