# Bodinga

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{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Bodinga
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| subdivision_type   = Country
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| subdivision_type1  = [State](/source/States_of_Nigeria)
| subdivision_name1  = [Sokoto State](/source/Sokoto_State)
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| leader_title       = Local Government Chairman
| leader_name        = Muhammad Shehu Dingyadi <ref>{{Cite web| url = https://naijadetails.com/lga-in-sokoto-state-chairmen/ | title = Complete List Of LGAs In Sokoto State And Chairmen | access-date = 2025-01-29}}</ref>
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1809
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| area_total_km2     = 564
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| population_as_of   = 2006
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| population_total   = 175,406
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| postal_code        = 852
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| iso_code           = NG.SO.BO
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| founder            = [Abdullahi dan Fodio](/source/Abdullahi_dan_Fodio)
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'''Bodinga''' is a [Local Government Area](/source/Local_Government_Areas_of_Nigeria) in [Sokoto State](/source/Sokoto_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). Its headquarters are in the town of Bodinga. It was first established by [Abdullahi dan Fodio](/source/Abdullahi_dan_Fodio) in 1809.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Last |first=Murray |url=http://archive.org/details/sokotocaliphate0000last |title=The Sokoto Caliphate |date=1967 |publisher=[New York] Humanities Press |others=Internet Archive}}</ref>

It has an area of 564&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} and a population of 175,406 at the 2006 census.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yng.html HASC, population, area and Headquarters Statoids]</ref>

The [postal code](/source/postal_code) of the area is 852.<ref>{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=2009-10-07 }}</ref>

== Climate ==
The climate changes throughout the year from a wet season that is primarily cloudy to a dry season that is mostly hot and partly cloudy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bodinga Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/51480/Average-Weather-in-Bodinga-Nigeria-Year-Round |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Temperature ===
Bodinga has a warmer climate with a positive trend continuing to rise in temperature and a declining trend continuing to fall in temperature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate Change Bodinga |url=https://www.meteoblue.com/en/climate-change/bodinga_nigeria_2346945 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=meteoblue |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{LGAs and communities of Sokoto State}}

Category:Local government areas in Sokoto State

{{Sokoto-geo-stub}}

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