| Official Name: | Garki, Nigeria | ||||||
| Nickname: | Garkin Dirani | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA and town | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Nigeria | ||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | right | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | location of Garki in Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Jigawa State | ||||||
| Leader Title1: | Local Government Chairman | ||||||
| Leader Name1: | Mudassir Musa (APC) | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
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Garki is a Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Garki. It is also called Garkin Dirani, the name of the head of the district.
It has an area of 1,408 km2 and had 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]
The rainy season in Garki is oppressive and generally gloomy, with an average annual temperature of 60 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Garki has a dry season with partly cloudy and hot weather.[3] [4]