Gboko | |
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 Mkar Hill | |
  Gboko Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 7°19′30″N 9°0′18″E / 7.32500°N 9.00500°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Benue State |
| Local Government Headquarters | Gboko Town |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Council Chairman | James Kachina[1] |
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Gboko is a Local Government Area in Benue state, North-central Nigeria. It is headquartered in the town of Gboko.
Gboko LGA was created on the 11th of May, 1970 with a landmass of 2,264 Sqr Km. Wielding a population of 358,936 according to 2006 census, it is the largest of the twenty-three local government by population in Benue State.
Tiv, Hausa and English are the languages most widely spoken in Gboko.[2]
The town of Gboko also doubles as the ancestral headquarters of the Tiv people. The palace of the Tor Tiv, who is the supreme traditional leader, is situated right in the heart of the town. The current Tor Tiv honorifically called Begha U Tiv (Lion of Tiv people) is His Royal Majesty, Begha U Tiv, Orchivirigh, Prof Ortese Iorzua James Ayatse.
Gboko is also host to former Benue Cement Company now Dangote Cement, and also home to the defunct BCC Lions Football Club, who were the 1990 winners of the African Cup Winners's cup. They played host at the J.S Tarkar Stadium in the Gboko township.
- ^ "Account Suspended". benuestate.gov.ng. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ "Gboko Local Government Area – I am Benue". Retrieved 2023-08-26.