6-629: Katsina-Ala is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State , Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Katsina-Ala where the A344 highway starts. It is also the location of an important archeological site where artifacts of the Nok culture have been found. Some major markets in Katsina Ala Local Government Area includes the Tomanyiin (held on Thursdays), The Tor Donga market (held on Mondays),
12-587: A local government council consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, and other elected members, who are referred to as councillors. Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards. A ward is administered by a councillor, who reports directly to the LGA chairman. The councillors fall under the legislative arm of the Local Government , the third tier of government in Nigeria, below
18-680: The Gbor Tongov market (held on Fridays), the Abaji market (held on Wednesdays), the Amaafu market (held on Tuesdays) and many other smaller markets. The LGA of Katsina-Ala has an area of 2,402 km (927 sq mi) and a population of 224,718 at the 2006 census. The town center is the location of one of the oldest schools in Nigeria, Government College Katsina-Ala, founded in 1914, and has produced many prominent members in Nigerian society. The postal code of
24-667: The area is 980. The community, which lies on the banks of the Katsina Ala River , a major tributary of the Benue River , is mainly occupied by Etulo , Tiv , Hausas and fulanis. The major language of communication in Katsina Ala is Tiv Terracotta statues were found at Katsina Ala in the middle of the twentieth century. They include realistic representations of human heads, with some animals, and parts of larger statues. The statues are similar to others found at Nok , about 209 km to
30-469: The north, and are thought to have been made by people of the same culture. The human figures most likely represented ancestors or spirits. According to Bernard Fagg , an archeologist who undertook extensive studies into the Nok culture, the works at Katsina Ala constitutes a distinctive sub-style. Statues from Taruga and from Samun Dukiya are similar, but have typical stylistic differences. Iron working began at
36-410: The site in the fourth century BC, somewhat later than iron working at Taruga. Smelted tin beads have also been found on the site, some of which could be imitations of cowrie shells. This Benue State , Nigeria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Local Government Areas of Nigeria Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by
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