| Official Name: | Birniwa | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA and town | ||||||
| Motto: | Garu Kamuwaye | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Nigeria | ||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Jigawa State | ||||||
| Leader Title1: | Local Government Chairman | ||||||
| Leader Name1: | Umar Baffa (APC) | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 12.7833°N 10.2333°W | ||||||
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Birniwa is a Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Birniwa.
It has an area of 1,567 km and a population of 142,329 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 731.
Birniwa is a multicultural town with Kanuri, Hausa and Fulani residents. Most of the residents of Unguwar Duguri, Dodori, Musari and Abari are Kanuri (Mangawa), and are the early settlers of the town. While residents of Kofar Fada, Tsangayar liman, Tsangayar kudu, Unguwar sarkin fawa and Tsangayar yamma are Hausa speakers. There are other areas with mixture of tribes.
Birniwa is blessed with fertile land, which make farming the major occupation of its residents. They massively produce food crops like millet, beans, sorghum, maize, rice and so on. They also produce cash crops, especially sesame, hibiscus, water melon, melon and so on.
The harvesting period of water melon in Birniwa is usually between September and December, though the melon may be available outside this period.
A yearly temperature of 33.49oC, which is higher than the national average, as well as wet days and 46.08 millimetres of precipitation, resulting in a Subtropical steppe climate.[1] [2]
With warming stripes signifying the average annual temperature, Birniwa's temperature trend shows a positive trend towards warmer conditions.[3]