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Keffi (ⓘ) is a local government area in Nasarawa State, north central Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Keffi. Keffi is 50 kilometers from Abuja. Nasarawa State university is located along the Keffi-Akwanga expressway.
It has an area of 138 km2 and a population of about 92,664 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 961.
Keffi town was founded around 1802 by a Fulani warrior-leader, Abdu Zanga who took the title of 'emir'. His small dominion was subject to the Zaria emirate to which it had to pay an annual tribute of slaves.
In 1902, Keffi was the location of an incident that led to the British invasion of Northern Nigeria, after the "magaji", a representative of the Zaria sultan, killed a British officer. When the Magaji found refuge in Kano, this was the pretext for Frederick Lugard to invade the northern caliphate.
Keffi LGA covers 138 square kilometres or 53 square miles in total and experiences average temperatures of 30 °C. The dry and wet seasons are the two main seasons in the region, and the average humidity in the LGA is 42 percent.
Keffi has a tropical wet and dry or savanna climate (Classification: Aw) and is 0 metres/feet above sea level. The district averages a yearly temperature of 30.27 °C (86.49 °F), which is 0.81% warmer than the national average for Nigeria. Keffi generally experiences 160.03 wet days 43.84% of the time and receives about 140.81 millimetres of precipitation annually, or 5.54 inches.
In Keffi, the dry season is partly gloomy, the wet season is oppressive, and it's hot all year round. The average annual temperature ranges from 17 to 36 degrees Celsius (63 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit), rarely falling below 14 °C (57 °F) or rising over 39 °C (102 °F).
Between January 28 and April 13, a 2.5-month period known as the "hot season," with an average daily high temperature of more than 93 °F. With an average high of 96 °F and low of 73 °F, March is the hottest month of the year in Keffi.
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Keffi
Keffi (ⓘ) is a local government area in Nasarawa State, north central Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Keffi. Keffi is 50 kilometers from Abuja. Nasarawa State university is located along the Keffi-Akwanga expressway.
It has an area of 138 km2 and a population of about 92,664 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 961.
Keffi town was founded around 1802 by a Fulani warrior-leader, Abdu Zanga who took the title of 'emir'. His small dominion was subject to the Zaria emirate to which it had to pay an annual tribute of slaves.
In 1902, Keffi was the location of an incident that led to the British invasion of Northern Nigeria, after the "magaji", a representative of the Zaria sultan, killed a British officer. When the Magaji found refuge in Kano, this was the pretext for Frederick Lugard to invade the northern caliphate.
Keffi LGA covers 138 square kilometres or 53 square miles in total and experiences average temperatures of 30 °C. The dry and wet seasons are the two main seasons in the region, and the average humidity in the LGA is 42 percent.
Keffi has a tropical wet and dry or savanna climate (Classification: Aw) and is 0 metres/feet above sea level. The district averages a yearly temperature of 30.27 °C (86.49 °F), which is 0.81% warmer than the national average for Nigeria. Keffi generally experiences 160.03 wet days 43.84% of the time and receives about 140.81 millimetres of precipitation annually, or 5.54 inches.
In Keffi, the dry season is partly gloomy, the wet season is oppressive, and it's hot all year round. The average annual temperature ranges from 17 to 36 degrees Celsius (63 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit), rarely falling below 14 °C (57 °F) or rising over 39 °C (102 °F).
Between January 28 and April 13, a 2.5-month period known as the "hot season," with an average daily high temperature of more than 93 °F. With an average high of 96 °F and low of 73 °F, March is the hottest month of the year in Keffi.
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