Isa is a town and Local Government Area in the state of Sokoto

Sokoto

Sokoto is a city located in the extreme northwest of Nigeria, near to the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of 427,760...

 in Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. It shares borders with Shinkafi

Shinkafi

Shinkafi is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Shinkafi at.It has an area of 674 km² and a population of 135,649 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 883....

 in Zamfara State

Zamfara State

Zamfara State is a state in northwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Gusau and its Governor is Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari, a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party . Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State....

, Sabon Birni

Sabon Birni

Sabon Birni is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sabon Birni.Sabon Birni shares a border with the Republic of Niger to the north. It has an area of 2,354 km² and a population of 207,599 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 842....

 in Sokoto and the Republic of Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

 in the east.

It has an area of 2,158 km² and a population of 146,103 at the 2006 census.

The postal code

Postal code

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 of the area is 842.

The Isa LGA is made up of the capital town of Isa and other towns and villages such as Turba, Bafarawa (birth place of former Sokoto State governor and 2007 presidential candidate Attahiru Bafarawa

Attahiru Bafarawa

Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa was governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.-Early career:He was a local government councillor in charge of Education...

). Historically, the area was a part of the ancient kingdom of Gobir

Gobir

Gobir was a city-state in what is now Nigeria. Founded by the Hausa in the eleventh century, Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, and continued under Hausa rule for nearly seven hundred years. Its capital was the city of Alkalawa...

 and is inhabited by members of the Gobirawa and Fulani ethnic groups.