Bagudo
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Bagudo | |
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LGA and town | |
 Interactive map of Bagudo | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Kebbi State |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman | Aliyu Sabo Zaga |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Bagudo is a Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria, sharing a boundary with the Republic of Niger and Republic of Benin. Its headquarters are in the town of Bagudo.
It has an area of 7,782 km2 and a population of 865,817 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 871.[1]
Bagudo as how the name implies was founded by a Fulani Cattle Rearer called Wabudo, the town has a good settled population which are mainly Fula, Hausas and Zabarmawa with a little Yoruba population and the mainly spoken languages are Hausa and Fula. Islam arrived the city in the 16 century or earlier primarily through the trans-Saharan trade and as a result became wealthy and the commercial nerve centre of the region and is still associated as the "centre of Farming, Herdsmen and Many more.
The geography of Bagudo LGA encompasses a total expanse of 4,782 square kilometres and encompasses two distinct seasons; the dry and rainy seasons. Notably, the Niger River traverses through this region, contributing to a humidity level of approximately 12%, while the average temperature is 32 °C.[2]
