Akko is a Local Government Area of Gombe State

Gombe State

Gombe State, located in the northeastern part of Nigeria, is one of the country's 36 states; its capital is Gombe. The boundaries of the state roughly correspond to those of the Gombe Emirate,a traditional state.[2]...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. Its headquarters are in the town of Kumo on the A345 highway

A345 highway (Nigeria)

The A345 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It is one of the east-west roads linking the main south-north roads. ....

 south of the state capital Gombe

Gombe, Nigeria

Gombe is a city in northeastern Nigeria . It is the capital city of Gombe State and has an estimated population of 261,536. The city is the headquarters of the Gombe Emirate, a traditional state that covers most of Gombe State...

. The town of Akko from which the LGA is named is west of Gombe at 10°17′00"N 10°58′00"E.

The LGA has an area of 2,627 km² and a population of 337,853 at the 2006 census.

The postal code

Postal code

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of the area is 771.