Jema'a

Jema'a Local Government Area lies on a broad low - lying topography with gently rolling plains on either side. it is flanked by two rivers.{{Cite book |last=Meek |first=C.K |title=The northern Tribes of Nigeria: an Ethnographical account of the Northern provinces |publisher=Oxford University press |year=1925 |location=london |language=English}} To the northwestern side of the area is the Amere or Mada river popularly referred to as River Wonderful by the people because it has claimed many lives including those of some of the colonial engineers during the rail bridge construction at Aduwan (another bridge build on the same river during the British colonial era exists near Kogum River Station).{{Cite book |last=Schwarz |first=F.A.O |title=Nigeria: The Tribes, the Nation or Rice, the politics of independence |publisher=The M.I.T Press |year=1965 |location=Cambridge |language=English}}{{Cite journal |last=Simon |first=Y. |date=1982 |title=Southern Zaria in Historical perspective |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5756685 |journal=departmental seminar, History department of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria}} The second river to the southeast is the Sanga (or the Kogum River) sourced from the plateau. Both rivers merge close to the Kogum River Station. There lie in addition, numerous hills, valleys streams. The undulating lands also provide fertile grounds for agricultural activities.{{Cite book |title=Kaduna State: Everyone's Handbook |date=1982 |publisher=Triumph Publishing Company Ltd|location= Kano, Nigeria |isbn=978-188-006-6 |page=29}} The area has an average humidity of thirty percent and an average wind speed of eleven kilometers per hour.{{Cite web |title=Jema'a Local Government Area |url=https://www.manpower.com.ng/places/lga/390/jemaa |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=www.manpower.com.ng}}

Jema'a Local Government Area (LGA) shares boundaries with Zangon Kataf LGA to the north, Jaba LGA to the west, Sanga LGA to the east, Kaura LGA to the northeast; Riyom LGA of Plateau State to the east and Karu LGA of Nasarawa State to the south respectively.{{Cite web |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/223323-latest-violence-southern-kaduna-longest-record-report.html |title=Latest violence in Southern Kaduna Longest on record - Report |website=Premium Times Nigeria |date=February 12, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.von.gov.ng/kaduna-local-councils-spend-n55-9bn-2018/kaduna-state-political-map/ |title=Kaduna-State-Political-Map |website=VON |access-date=August 7, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Jema'a Local Government Area consists of 12 subdivisions (second-order administrative divisions) namely:{{Cite web |url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-8634542.html |title=Jema'A, Kaduna State, Nigeria |access-date=September 25, 2020}}

1. Asso
2. Atuku
3. Barde
4. Gidan Waya (formerly Jema'a)
5. Godogodo
6. Jagindi
7. Kafanchan A
8. Kafanchan B
9. Kagoma (Gwong)
10. Kaninkon (Nikyob)
11. Maigizo (Kadajya)
12. Takau

Jema'a Local Government Area consist of a number of related ethnic groups and subgroups as well as a migrant population from other parts of the country, especially in the Local Government Area headquarters of Kafanchan .{{Cite book |last=Afuwai |first=Yanet |title=The Place of Kagoro in the History of Nigeria}}

The ethnic groups and subgroups in Jema'a LGA include: hausa people (hausa), Numana people Numana, fulani people fulani, Gwong, Nikyob, Nindem and Nyankpa.{{Cite web |url=https://localgov.kdsg.gov.ng/?page_id=222 |title=Districts and Village Units of Kaduna State |access-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121004813/https://localgov.kdsg.gov.ng/?page_id=222 |url-status=dead }} Others are: Atyap, Bajju, Berom, Gwong, Atuku, Ham, Igbo and Yoruba.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-09 |title=Emir of Jama’a celebrates 20 years on throne |url=https://dailytrust.com/emir-of-jamaa-celebrates-20-years-on-throne/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Daily Trust |language=en-GB}}

According to the March 21, 2006 national population census, Jema'a (Ajemaa) had a population of 278,202. Its population was projected by the [https://citypopulation.de/php/nigeria-admin.php?adm1id=NGA019, National Population Commission of Nigeriahttps://nationalpopulation.gov.ng/ and National Bureau of Statistics] to be 375,500 by March 21, 2016.

The people of the local government are predominantly farmers, cultivating cash crops such as cotton, peanuts and ginger; and food crops such as corn, millet and sorghum in subsistent qualities.{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Jemaa |title=Jemaa, Nigeria |access-date=August 6, 2020}} There is also an old tin mining tunnel site in the town of Godogodo.

• Joseph Bagobiri, First Bishop of Catholic Diocese Kafachan and clergy[https://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkafa.html Catholic hierarchy]
• Musa Didam, paramount ruler
• Joe El, singer, songwriter
• Josiah Kantiyok, consultant, paramount ruler
• Victor Moses, footballer
• Patrick Yakowa, former state governor
• Luka Yusuf, military service

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• [https://nigeriazipcodes.com/5918/list-of-towns-and-villages-in-jemaa-lga/ List of Towns and Villages in Jema'a LGA] on Nigeria ZIP codes
• [http://www.postcodes.ng/directory/states/kaduna/lgas/jemaa/ruralAreas Rural Areas in Jema'a L.G.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220124706/http://www.postcodes.ng/directory/states/kaduna/lgas/jemaa/ruralAreas |date=2019-12-20 }} on Postcodes.NG

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