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Buruku | |
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LGA and town | |
 Old Buruku Park in Jos | |
 Interactive map of Buruku | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Benue State |
| Local Government Headquarters | Buruku Town |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairwoman and the Head of the Local Government Council | Justina Sorkaa[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Buruku is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Buruku.
Population
[edit]It covers an area of 1,246 km² and has a population of 203,721 according to the 2006 census.
Buruku LGA consists of the following districts (wards) with their projected population as of December 2017:
| District | Projected Population |
|---|---|
| Binev | 21,393 |
| Etulo | 14,253 |
| Mbaade | 14,795 |
| Mbaakura | 23,421 |
| Mbaapen | 47,646 |
| Mbaatirkya | 37,001 |
| Mbaazager | 16,114 |
| Mbaikyongo | 16,462 |
| Mbakyaan | 14,010 |
| Mbatyough | 15,294 |
| Mbaya | 37,820 |
| Mbayaka | 19,518 |
| Shorov | 13,891 |
| Total | 291,618 |
Over 80% of adults in this rural population are 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]
Languages
[edit]Languages spoken in Buruku LGA include Etulo, Tiv, Hausa, among others.[3]
Climate
[edit]Buruku lies within the tropical savanna zone with a rainy season lasting from April to October and a dry season dominated by Harmattan winds from December to February. Temperatures generally range from 22°C to 33°C, and annual rainfall averages 1,200–1,700 mm.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hon. Mrs. Justina Sorkaa – Buruku". benuestate.gov.ng. Archived from the original on 2018-02-01.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ Ezenwafor-Afuecheta, Chikelu I. (2025). Grammar of Etulo: A Niger-Congo (Idomoid) Language. Vol. 1. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. doi:10.11647/obp.0467. ISBN 978-1-80511-597-7.
- ^ "Climate data for cities worldwide - Climate-Data.org". climate-data.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
- "National Population Commission, 2006 Census Figures."
- "World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria Population by Zone, State, LGA and Ward."
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