Akwanga

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

Akwanga
Kpange
Mada Kasa
LGA and town
Nickname: 
AK
Motto: 
Mada Sei Gir
Akwanga is located in Nigeria
Akwanga
Akwanga
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 8°55′0″N 8°23′0″E
Country Nigeria
StateNasarawa State
HeadquartersAkwanga Town
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

It has an area of 996 km2 and a population of 513,930 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 960.[1]

Languages

Akwanga is predominantly occupied by the Mada language speaking people, however, [Plateau languages] are spoken in and around Akwanga. Plateau language groups surrounding Akwanga town, listed clockwise, are Koro, Hyamic, Ndunic, Alumic, Ninzic, Eggonic, and Jilic.[2]

Education

Akwanga is considered the center of education in Nasarawa state for its wide array of primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions. Akwanga is home to a famous and well known missionary school like Rishama Comprehensive College, Mada Hills Secondary School, the prestigious Shepherd's International College, Hope Academy Secondary School, Summit Children Academy/Isachar High School, ShanPePe Destiny International Schools, Destiny Kids Academy, Bright Model Academy, Akwanga south Primary school, the private co-educational, Christian boarding school; College of Education; Hills College of Education; NACABS Polytechnic; and School of Health, amongst many others. Akwanga has the highest number of schools in Nasarawa State.

Climate

From June to October, Akwanga enjoys a hot summer, then from June to October, a cool winter, and finally from August to November, a chilly winter.[3][4]

References
  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixes and number marking in the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 107–172. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314325
  3. "Akwanga Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  4. "Akwanga, Nasarawa, Nigeria - City, Town and Village of the world". en.db-city.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.


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