List of Local Government Areas in Yobe State

Yobe was created on 27 August 1991. It is a mainly agricultural state, and it is a state located in northeastern Nigeria.^[4] Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; its largest and most populated city is Potiskum.

Yobe
State
Flag Seal
Nicknames:  Pride of the Sahel
Location of Yobe State in Nigeria
Coordinates: 12°00′N 11°30′E
Country	Nigeria
Date created	27 August 1991
Capital	Damaturu
Government
• Body	Government of Yobe State
• Governor (List)	Mai Mala Buni (APC)
• Deputy Governor	Idi Barde Gubana (APC)
• Legislature	Yobe State House of Assembly
• Senators	C: Ibrahim Gaidam (APC) N: Ahmed Lawan (APC) S: Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai (APC)
• Representatives	List
Area
• Total	45,502 km2 (17,568 sq mi)
• Rank	6th of 36
Population  (2006 census)
• Total	2,321,339[1]
• Estimate  (2021)	4,000,000
• Rank	32nd of 36
• Density	51.016/km2 (132.13/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
• Year	2023
• Total	$8.3 billion[2]
• Per capita	$2,190[2]
Time zone	UTC+01 (WAT)
postal code	620001
Area code	+234
ISO 3166 code	NG-YO
HDI (2018)	0.365[3] low · 35th of 37

LGAs

Yobe State consists of 17 local government areas (or LGAs).^[5][6] They are:

• Bade
• Bursari
• Damaturu
• Geidam
• Gujba
• Gulani
• Fika
• Fune
• Jakusko
• Karasuwa
• Machina
• Nangere
• Nguru
• Potiskum
• Tarmuwa
• Yunusari
• Yusufari

External links

• Yobe State Government homepage
• UCLA Yobe Languages Project
• Erdal Can Alkoçlar
• Nigerian Post Office, with a map of LGAs of the state