Ringim
Sign in to saveRingim is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ringim, the LGA has an area of 1,057 km² and a population of 192,024 at the 2006 census.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ringim
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jigawa State
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Shehu Sule (APC)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1057
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 192,024
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- ringim
- Population
- 192024
- Area
- 1057
- Elevation
- 387
- Image
- Ringim Emir's Palace.joh 01.jpg
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- postal code
- 733
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Ringim is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ringim, the LGA has an area of 1,057 km² and a population of 192,024 at the 2006 census.
==History== Ringim emirate came into being in November, 1991 as a result of the creation of Jigawa state from Kano state on 27 August 1991 by the then president and commander in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. The emirate consists of four Local Government Areas: Ringim, Taura, Garki and Babura. The current Emir of Ringim, Sayyadi Abubakar Mahmoud Usman (CON) is the first Fulani Emir of Ringim. The Emir was the chairman co-operative of West Africa.
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