Kagarko

Kagarko is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kagarko. It has an area of 2,356 km$2$ and a population of 239,058 at the 2006 census. The Local Government Council is chaired by Nasara Rabo. The postal code is 802.

Boundaries
Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) shares boundaries with Kachia LGA to the north, Jaba LGA to the east; Paikoro and Gurara LGAs to the west and Tafa LGA to the southwest all of Niger State; Bwari LGA of the FCT; and Karu LGA of Nasarawa State to the south, respectively.

Administrative subdivisions
Kagarko Local Government Area consists of 10 subdivisions (second-order administrative divisions) or electoral wards, namely:


 * 1) Aribi
 * 2) Iddah
 * 3) Jere North
 * 4) Jere South
 * 5) Kagarko North
 * 6) Kagarko South
 * 7) Katugal (Ator)
 * 8) Kukui
 * 9) Kurmin Jibrin (Kosheng)
 * 10) Kushe

It also comprises about eleven districts, which are:
 * 1) Shadalafiya (Nkui)
 * 2) Katugal
 * 3) Kushe
 * 4) Jere
 * 5) Dogon Kurmi (Uner)
 * 6) Kenyi
 * 7) Kurmin Dangana
 * 8) Kubacha (Uhuca)
 * 9) Aribi
 * 10) Kagarko districts.

People
The people are predominantly farmers. The Batinor (Koro) people is the dominant group in the area. Others are Gbagyi, Ham, Hausa and Adara. They are very hard working and mostly farmers, about 70% of ginger produced in Kaduna State is from Kagarko.

Climate
The climate is warm to hot throughout the year, with the wet season being oppressive and overcast and the dry season being mild and partly cloudy.

Traditional stools
Kagarko consists of three chiefdoms:


 * 1) Kagarko Chiefdom: Headed by the Sarkin Kagarko, Alh. Sa'ad Abubakar, with headquarters in Kagarko Town
 * 2) Jere Chiefdom: Headed by the Sarkin Kagarko, Dr. Sa'ad Usman (OFR) with headquarters in Jere.
 * 3) Koro Chiefdom: Headed by the Ere-Koro, Ere Yohanna Akaito (JP), with headquarters in Uhucha;