Kaura Namoda is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State

Zamfara State

Zamfara State is a state in northwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Gusau and its Governor is Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari, a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party . Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State....

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. Its headquarters are in the town of Kaura-Namoda, home to the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda

Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda

The Federal Polytechnic, Namoda is based in Kaura-Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria.It was founded in June 1983 by President Shehu Shagari, and has over 5,000 students...

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It has an area of 868 km² and a population of 281,367 at the 2006 census.

The postal code

Postal code

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of the area is 882.

Transport

It is served by a station at the terminus of a branch line of the western line of the national railway network.