Kaiama, Kwara State
Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria
Kaiama () is a local government area and town in northwestern Kwara State, Nigeria.
Description
Kaiama LGA has an area of 6,971 km2 and a population of 124,164 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 242.
The local government area is divided into ten political wards as follows: Kaiama ward 1, Kaiama ward 2, Kaiama ward 3, Kemanji ward, Wojibe ward, Gwanabe ward 1, Gwanabe ward 2, Gwaria ward, Adena ward and Bani ward.
Maimunat Adaji was the area's representative until 2019. She was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and she was elected in 2007 after she switched to be a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) party.
Bokobaru is the major language spoken across the local government area. Except for Adena and Bani wards, the natural language of the people of the local government area is Bokobaru. The major language spoken in Bani ward is Fulani while in Adena ward, Yoruba and Hausa languages are the dominant languages.
The people of the Bokobaru speaking towns and villages are called Bokobaru.
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