Kagarko is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State

Kaduna State

-History:The state is the successor to the old Northern Region of Nigeria, which had its capital at Kaduna. In 1967 this was split up into six states, one of which was the North-Central State, whose name was changed to Kaduna State in 1976. This was further divided in 1987, losing the area now part...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

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. Its headquarters are in the town of Kagarko.

It has an area of 1,864 km² and a population of 240,943 at the 2006 census.It comprises about eleven districts which are, Shadalafiya

Shadalafiya

Shadalafiya is a district in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The Shadalafiya people speak the Koro tribe....

, Katugal,Kushe, Jere, Dogon Kurmi,Kenyi,Kurmin Dangana, Kubacha,Aribi and Kagarko districts. The people of Kagarko Local government are predominantly Koro by tribe.The Koro people are very hard working and mostly farmers, about 70% of ginger produced in Kaduna State is from Kagarko Local Government.

The postal code

Postal code

A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible.In February 2005, 117 of the 190 member countries of the Universal Postal Union had postal code systems...

of the area is 802.