Baruten

Baruten
—  LGA  —
Baruten
Coordinates:
Country  Nigeria
State Kwara State
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Baruten is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria, sharing a long border with the Republic of Benin. Its headquarters are in the town of Kosubosu. It has an area of 9,749 km² and a population of 209,459 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 242.[1]

The Baruten LGA includes a part of the Borgu Game Reserve.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 
  2. ^ "Kainji Lake National Park". United Nations Environment Programme: World Conservation Monitoring Centre. http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/pa/0302p.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-21.