Augie

This article is about the Nigerian settlement. For other uses, see Augie (disambiguation).
Augie
LGA and town
Augie

Location in Nigeria

Coordinates: 12°53′0″N 4°36′0″E / 12.88333°N 4.60000°E / 12.88333; 4.60000Coordinates: 12°53′0″N 4°36′0″E / 12.88333°N 4.60000°E / 12.88333; 4.60000
Country  Nigeria
State Kebbi State
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

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

Major Towns in the area include Bagaye, Birnin Tudu, Bubuce, Illela. The area is primarily agricultural producing sugarcane, mango,banana etc. The major language groups are Hausa, Fulani and Zabarmanci, and the population is predominantly Muslim.

It has an area of 1,185 km² and a population of 117,287 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 861.[1]

References

  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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