Official Name: | Yunusari | ||||||
Nickname: | Bukarti | ||||||
Settlement Type: | LGA | ||||||
Pushpin Map: | Nigeria | ||||||
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 | ||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nigeria | ||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
Subdivision Name: | Nigeria | ||||||
Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Yobe State | ||||||
Leader Title: | Local Government Chairman | ||||||
Leader Name: | Bukar Gaji (APC) | ||||||
Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
Area Total Km2: | 3790 | ||||||
Population As Of: | 2006 census | ||||||
Population Total: | 125,821 | ||||||
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities | ||||||
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions | ||||||
Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
Coordinates: | 13.1167°N 55°W | ||||||
Module: |
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Postal Code Type: | 3-digit postal code prefix | ||||||
Postal Code: | 632 | ||||||
Iso Code: | NG.YO.YN |
Yunusari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. It has its headquarters in the town of Kanamma (or Kanama) in the north-east of the area on the Burun Gana River at . It shares a border in the north with The Republic of Niger.
It has an area of 3,790 km.
It has a total population of 125,821 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 632.[1]
The overall area of Yunusari Local Government Area is 3790 square kilometers, and its average annual temperature is 33 degrees Celsius. The Local Government Area's territory is traversed by the well-known Burun Gana River, and local estimates place the area's average relative humidity at 27%.[2] [3] [4]
Agriculture i.e. production of crops like millet, beans, maize, sorghum, ground nut as well as rearing of animals are the main business of people in the Local Government. The main environmental impacts include wind erosion, desertification, deforestation and so on. The local government faces serious effects of climate change.