Kanke, Nigeria | |
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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Plateau State |
| Headquarters | Kwal |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Kanke is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Kwal.
It has an area of 926 km2 and a population of 121,424 at the 2006 census. The majority of the population are Angas - 95% - with the remaining 5% being Taroh, Borghum, and Siyawa. Nigeria's former president, Yakubu Gowon, is from the Kanke LGA.
The postal code of the area is 933.[1]
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.