Gwer East is a Local Government Area of Benue State

Benue State

Benue is a state in the Middle-Belt region of Nigeria with a population of about 2.8 million in 1991. Tiv, Idoma, and Igede are spoken predominantly. There are other ethnic groups as well. These include Etulo and Abakwa...

, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Aliade.

It has an area of 2,294 km² and a population of 163,647 at the 2006 census.

The postal code

Postal code

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of the area is 971.

The Local Government has three districts; Yonov, Jiriv and Ngyohov. It has 17 Council wards. It shares boundary with seven other local government areas.