Zamfara State

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Zamfara State
State nickname: Farming is Our Pride
Location
Location of Zamfara State in Nigeria
Statistics
Governor
(List)		 Ahmed Sani Yerima (ANPP)
Date Created 1 October 1996
Capital Gusau
Area 39,762 km²
Ranked 7th
Population
1991 Census
2005 est.		 Ranked 23rd
N/A
3,602,356
ISO 3166-2 NG-ZA

Zamfara State is a state in Nigeria. It is in the north-west of the country, and its capital is Gusau. Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State.

The state was the first in Nigeria to introduce the Sharia.

The 14 LGAs of Zamfara are:

  1.   Anka
  2. Bakura
  3. Birnin-Magaji/Kiyaw
  4. Bukkuyum
  5. Bungudu
  6. Gummi
  7. Gusau
  8. Kaura-Namoda
  9. Maradun
 10. Maru
 11. Shinkafi
 12. Talata-Mafara
 13. Tsafe
 14. Zurmi


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