Ngala is a local government area of Borno State

Borno State

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, Nigeria

Nigeria

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. Its headquarters are in the town of Gamboru Ngala.

It has an area of 1,465 km² and a population of 237,071 at the 2006 census.

The postal code

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of the area is 611.

Geology

Ngala has been situated at the east central of the state is not much far from the Chad Basin has apparently been a structural depression since yearly tertiary time. It is blessed with a vast fertile land of sandy-loam to clay soil types, where crops like wheat, rice, and vegetables are grown under irrigated conditions.

Vegetation and soil

This local government area is blessed with a vast fertile land of sandy-loam to clay soil types, where crops like wheat, rice, and vegetables are grown under irrigated conditions. The land is characterized by a sandy flat plain land with scanty vegetation from the central to the northern part, while to the south the soil is sandy loam to heavy clay, with uneven topography characterized sand dust. The vegetation is moderate.

Land form, relief and drainage

The study area is generally possessing plane which is covered by superficial deposit of sand and clay. Rather there accumulation of sand due to the action of the prevailing winds in blowing the loose Sahara sand from the desert to fringe areas. The river Gnadda is the only river passing through the study area. The rainfall obtained in Ngala is seasonal. The rainfall has it pick in the months of August and September.

Socioeconomic

Almost eighty-five percent (85%) of the people of the study area are farmers, herdsmen and fishermen. Agriculture is the pivot of the state's economy. The study area has enormous agricultural and livestock development potentials and is the largest livestock centre. Its major cash crops include: groundnut, cotton, cowpea. Irrigational activities are also practiced in the study area.

People

The people in study area are largely Kanuri, Hausa/Fulani-speaking people. And most are farmers while some few practice fishing activities.