| Official Name: | Munya | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Nigeria | ||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Niger State | ||||||
| Leader Title: | Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council | ||||||
| Leader Name: | Abdullahi Moh’d Ricco | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 2176 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 census | ||||||
| Population Total: | 103,651 | ||||||
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities | ||||||
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 9.7833°N 9°W | ||||||
| Module: |
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| Postal Code Type: | 3-digit postal code prefix | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 921 | ||||||
| Iso Code: | NG.NI.MU |
Munya is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sarkin Pawa in the north of the area near Kaduna State at.
It has an area of 2,176 km and a population of 103,651 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 921.[1]
It is located in the eastern region of the state. Its main inhabitants are the Gbari people with farming as their main occupation.
The River Kaduna flows through the 2,176 square kilometers that make up Munya LGA's territory. The two main seasons in the region are the dry and the rainy ones, with the LGA's average temperature being 30 degrees Celsius.[2]
Munya is made up of eight political wards with Guni ward as the largest and strongest of all. Guni as its popularly called, is the back bone of the whole state at large with most of the missionary schools in the state capital were relocated from Guni. in the local government level, Guni is the town with the most elite people to include the Magaji's family which over the years have contributed to the development and creation of the local government and partly the state at large.
On 17 November 2021, a gang of 80 armed bandits raided a village in Munya, killing 2 people and kidnapping 66 more, including the two wives of a local politician, and the mayor's two children.[3] The attack was part of a broader campaign by bandits in the region.[4]