Buruku

Buruku is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Buruku.

Buruku
LGA and town
Country Nigeria
StateBenue State
Local Government HeadquartersBuruku Town
Government
 • Local Government Chairwoman and the Head of the Local Government CouncilJustina Sorkaa[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

It has an area of 1,246 km2 and a population of 203,721 at the 2006 census. Buruku LGA has the following districts (wards) with their projected population as at December, 2017:

DistrictProjected Population
Binev21,393
Etulo14,253
Mbaade14,795
Mbaakura23,421
Mbaapen47,646
Mbaatirkya37,001
Mbaazager16,114
Mbaikyongo16,462
Mbakyaan14,010
Mbatyough15,294
Mbaya37,820
Mbayaka19,518
Shorov13,891
Total291,618

Over 80% of adults in this rural population is engaged in food crop production but each household also holds some livestock and citrus farm. The crop farmers produce yams, cassava, soyabeans, rice, groundnuts, sesame seed (beniseed), beans, guinea corn, millet, bambara nuts, ginger, sugar cane and maize. Buruku is a riverine local government area with large areas of Katsina-Ala River Basin where sugar cane is planted in commercial quantity. Rice is also produced in commercial quantities along the River Katsina-Ala basin and its streams/tributaries. Popular local markets in Buruku LGA are Ityowanye, Adi, Abwa, Buruku, Adogo, Kur, Usen, Agwabi, Ortese-Mbashian, Gbanyam, Ugah, Jingir, and Dogo/Wuna. Buruku has a large citrus and soya beans market at Ityowanye.

The postal code of the area is 981.[2]

References
  1. http://benuestate.gov.ng/portfolio/hon-mrs-justina-sorkaa-buruku/
  2. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
3. "National Population Commission, 2006 Census Figures."
4. "World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria Population by Zone, State, LGA and Ward."


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