| Kwali | |||||||
| Settlement Type: | Local government area | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Territory | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Federal Capital Territory | ||||||
| Leader Title: | Executive chairman | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 1,241 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 est | ||||||
| Population Total: | 188,000 | ||||||
| Population Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
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Kwali is a local government area in the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria.
It has an area of 1,206 km and a population of 85,837 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 904105.[2]
Kwali was created on October 1, 1996 by the military administration of General Sani Abacha.[3]
One profession that the people of Kwali Local Government Area are famous for is pottery. Indeed, it is the country home of the world-famous potter woman, Dr. Ladi Kwali whose image currently adorns the 20 Naira bill.[4] Another is cloth making. But today, other professions such as farming, hunting and trading are also practiced by the inhabitants of Kwali Area Council.[5]
Like other area councils in Nigeria, Kwali is headed by an elected chairman and is sub-divided into wards. The 10 wards that make up Kwali Area Council are Ashara, Dafa, Gumbo, Kilankwa, Kundu, Kwali, Pai, Wako, Yangoji and Yebu. Each Ward is headed by a councillor. But unlike a typical area council in Nigeria, Kwali has a different mode of sub-division into districts headed by district heads.[6]
With an average yearly temperature of 31.42°C, the Kwali district has a tropical wet and dry climate, which is 1.96% warmer than the national average for Nigeria.[7] [8]
Kwali Area Council plays host to a number of important monuments including Federal Government College[9] National Mathematical Center Sheda Kwali,[10] Sheda Science and technology complex,[11] Nigeria Education Research and Development Center,[12] National Fire Academy Sheda[19], Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pump station Awawa and more.