Most of the markets take place after every five days.
Kwande is a Local Government Area in Benue State, Nigeria.
Kwande LGA secretariat, AdikpoKwandeIkyogen in Kwande LGA
It was an intermediate administrative area during the pre-independence time. By then it had Manor as headquarters. Adikpo later became the headquaters.
On February 3, 1976 Kwande was created as a local government area under the military government of General Murtala Mohammed.
The LGA was created out of the erstwhile Katsina Ala Division
Headquarters Adikpo
Land area 2,891 km2
Nearby On the west, it is bordered by Vandeikya Local Government, Ushongo LGA on the north, and Katsina-Ala LGA on the northwest. On the south, it is bordered by Cross River State and in the southeast by the Republic of Cameroon.
Kwande LGA also shares a common border with Takum LGA of Taraba State on the east.
