Chanchaga is a Local Government Area in

Niger State Niger is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. Niger state has three political zones, zone A,B and C. The state's capital is at Minna. Other major cities are Bida, Kontagora and Suleja. It was ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

. Its headquarters is in the state capital of Minna which occupies much of the Local Government Area. It has an area of 72 km and a population of 201,429 at the 2006 census. The

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of the area is 920.

History

There are a lot of institute for learning in chanchaga local government, under chanchaga we also have paikoro local government where we have our international yam market.

References

Local Government Areas in Niger State {{NigerNG-geo-stub