Ussa

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|settlement_type = LGA

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|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Taraba State

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|leader_title = Chairman

|leader_party = PDP

|leader_name = Rimamsikwe Hassan Karma

|leader_constituency = state house of Assembly (Taraba)

|leader_party2 = PDP

|leader_name2 = Haruna habila Timothy

|established_date = 1996

|seat = Lissam

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|area_total_km2 = 1495

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|population_as_of = 2006 census

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|population_total = 92,017

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Ussa is a local government area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Lissam. Ussa borders the Republic of Cameroon in the south; the Donga River forms its northern boundary. Ussa was created in 1996 during the regime of General Sani Abacha after an earlier attempt failed in 1983, Aticwo (kpambo), Rufu, Lumbu, Fikyu, Acha, Kpambo Puri, are some of the district councils within Ussa.{{cite web |url=http://www.kuteb.tripod.com |title=The Kuteb People - The Kuteb People |website=www.kuteb.tripod.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609040015/http://kuteb.tripod.com/ |archive-date=2013-06-09}}

It has an area of {{cvt|1,495|km2}} and a population of 92,017 at the 2006 census. Kuteb people are the ethnicity located in large population here.

The postal code of the area is 671.{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | access-date = 2009-10-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121126042849/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/postcode.aspx | archive-date = 2012-11-26 | url-status=dead }}