# Tureta

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{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
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| official_name      = Tureta
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| subdivision_name1  = [Sokoto State](/source/Sokoto_State)
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| leader_title       = Local Government Chairman
| leader_name        = Aliyu Abubakar <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>
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| area_total_km2     = 2383
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| population_total   = 68370
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'''Tureta''' is a [Local Government Area](/source/Local_Government_Areas_of_Nigeria) in [Sokoto State](/source/Sokoto_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). Its headquarters is in the town of Tureta. It shares a border with [Zamfara State](/source/Zamfara_State) in the south and east. They are mainly Hausa people predominantly Burmawa.{{clarify|This makes no sense|date=September 2021}}  Islam is there main religion.  Fishing and farming are the major occupations. Currently{{when|date=September 2021}} Dr Muhammad Danrabi Tureta is their newly appointed king title as sarkin Burmin '''tureta'''.

Tureta has an area of 2,383&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} and a population of 68,370 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 | access-date = 2009-10-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | archive-date = 2009-10-07 }}</ref>

== Climate ==
The average temperature ranges from 16.6°C/62°F to 39.4°C/103°F, with the wet season being hot, oppressive, and mostly cloudy, and the dry season being hot and partly cloudy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tureta Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/51475/Average-Weather-in-Tureta-Nigeria-Year-Round |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tureta, Sokoto, NG Climate Zone, Monthly Averages, Historical Weather Data |url=https://tcktcktck.org/nigeria/sokoto/tureta |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=tcktcktck.org}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{LGAs and communities of Sokoto State}}

Category:Local government areas in Sokoto State

{{Sokoto-geo-stub}}

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