🏠 Local Government Area • Adamawa State • Adamawa South
Ganye Local Government Area
Adamawa State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Ganye
Scenic LGA near Cameroon border, known for the Atlantika Mountains. Centre for tourism and cross-border trade.
Ganye Local Government Area is located in Adamawa State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Adamawa South senatorial district. The headquarters of Ganye LGA is Ganye.
The headquarters of Ganye Local Government Area is Ganye. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ganye is 644001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ganye Local Government Area had a population of 121,340 people.
Ganye Local Government Area was created in 1991 as part of the national local government reforms. Nigeria has had several rounds of LGA creation — 1976, 1991, and 1996 — which expanded the total from 301 to the current 774 LGAs.
Ganye Local Government Area is in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Adamawa State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Yola. Adamawa State has 21 Local Government Areas in total.
Ganye Local Government Area is in the Adamawa South senatorial district of Adamawa State. This district is represented by a senator in the Nigerian National Assembly. Each senatorial district in Nigeria comprises several LGAs and elects one senator for a four-year term.