Garki, Nigeria
- This article is about the Local Government Area. For the Abuja District, see Garki District.
| Garki, Nigeria | |
|---|---|
| LGA and town | |
| Country |
 Nigeria |
| State | Jigawa State |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Garki is a Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Garki.
It has an area of 1,408 km² and a population of 152,233 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 733.[1]
Garki was the site of the Garki Project, a multidisciplinary study performed by the World Health Organization from 1969 to 1976 into the effectiveness of malaria intervention techniques.[2]
References
- ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ↑ Molineaux, L.; Gramiccia, G. (1980). The Garki Project: Research on the Epidemiology and Control of Malaria in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa. World Health Organization. ISBN 9241560614.
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