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Gombi Local Government Area
Adamawa State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Gombi
Commercial LGA known for cotton, groundnuts and cattle trade. Important market town in northern Adamawa.
Gombi Local Government Area is located in Adamawa State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Adamawa North senatorial district. The headquarters of Gombi LGA is Gombi.
The headquarters of Gombi Local Government Area is Gombi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gombi is 640101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gombi Local Government Area had a population of 118,792 people.
Gombi 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.
Gombi 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.
Gombi Local Government Area is in the Adamawa North 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.