Doma | |
|---|---|
LGA and Town | |
  Doma | |
| Coordinates: 8°23′42″N 8°21′38″E / 8.39500°N 8.36056°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Nasarawa State |
| Headquarters | Doma |
| Government | |
| • Andoma | Ahmadu Aliyu Ogah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,048 sq mi (2,714 km2) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 214,600[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (WAT) |
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Doma is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Doma. Doma LGA houses Special Forces Command,[2] Federal Science and Technical College,[3] Olam Rice Farm[4] and Doma Dam.[5]
It has an area of 2,714 km2 and had a population of 139,607 in the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 950.[6] Odu is the annual festival in Doma local government, Farming is the occupation of most of the Alago people who are the predominant tribe in Doma.
The average temperature of Doma is 30 °C with a wind speed of an average of 12 km/h and a total rain precipitation of 1750 mm per annum[7]
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- ^ "Federal Science and Technical College Doma".
- ^ "Olam counts losses as flood submerges rice farm in Nasarawa". 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Doma Dam as Nasarawa's Untapped Potential". 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Doma Local Government Area". manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 2023-09-10.