Silame

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| official_name = Silame

| next town = Jekanadu

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| settlement_type = LGA and town

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Nigeria}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Sokoto State

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| leader_title = Local Government Chairman

| leader_name = Abubakar Mohammed Daftarana {{Cite web| url = https://naijadetails.com/lga-in-sokoto-state-chairmen/ | title = Complete List Of LGAs In Sokoto State And Chairmen | access-date = 2025-01-29}}

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| area_total_km2 = 790

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| population_as_of = 2006

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| population_total = 104,378

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| timezone = WAT

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| coordinates = {{coord|13|2|N|4|51|E|region:NG|display=inline,title}}

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| postal_code_type = 3-digit postal code prefix

| postal_code = 853

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| iso_code = NG.SO.SI

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Silame is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Silame, on the Sokoto River.

It has an area of 790 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 104,378 at the 2006 census.[http://www.statoids.com/yng.html HASC, population, area and Headquarters Statoids]

The postal code of the area is 853.{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | archivedate = 2009-10-07 }}