| Official Name: | Kwaya Kusar | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA and town | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Borno State | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
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Kwaya Kusar is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kwaya Kusar.
It has an area of 732 km and a population of 56,500 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 603.[1]
The inhabitants speak the Bura language. They are mostly subsistence farmers.
It is one of the four LGAs that constitute the Biu Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.[2]
With temperatures ranging from 61°F to 103°F, the climate has two distinct seasons: a hot, oppressive rainy season and a scorching, windy, and partly cloudy dry season.[3] [4]