Official Name: | Yola South | ||||||
Settlement Type: | LGA | ||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
Subdivision Name: | Nigeria | ||||||
Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Adamawa State | ||||||
Subdivision Type2: | Capital | ||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Yola | ||||||
Established Date: | 27th August, 1991 | ||||||
Government Type: | Local government | ||||||
Leader Title: | Local Government Area Chairman | ||||||
Leader Name: | Professor Abubakar Tahir | ||||||
Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
Area Total Km2: | 919.0 | ||||||
Elevation M: | 599 | ||||||
Population Total: | 302,500 [1] | ||||||
Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||||
Population Density Km2: | 329.2 | ||||||
Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
Module: |
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Postal Code: | 640101 | ||||||
Geocode: | 9.25930,12.41650 |
Yola South is a Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
Yola South LGA experiences two different seasons—the dry and the rainy—with an average temperature of 33 degrees Celsius. The well-known Shebshi and Dimlang Mountains are located in the LGA, and the average wind speed in the region is 10 km/h.[2] [3] [4]