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State | Taraba State |
Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Bali is a Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Bali.
It has an area of 9,146 km² and a population of 208,935 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 672.[1]
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