Karu, Nasarawa State

Karu, Nasarawa State
LGA and town
Country	Nigeria
State	Nasarawa State
Headquarters	New Karu
Population (2006)
• Total	205,477
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Karu is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, central Nigeria.It is close in proximity to the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. It has an area of 2,640 km².Karu local government has its headquarters in New Karu town.
According to the 2006 census,the population of mainly New Karu town was 205,477, It was originally built to house the capital's civil servants and lower income families, but had no running water or good sanitation system.

Loyola Jesuit College is in Gidan Mangoro, Karu.

The Karu urban area is served by an express way connecting Karu to Abuja, Nigeria's capital city,and to other parts of the country.

The postal code of the area is 961.

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