🏠 Local Government Area • Adamawa State • Adamawa South
Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area
Adamawa State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Mayo Belwa
Known for the Mayo-Belwa emirate and cotton farming. Important commercial centre in southern Adamawa.
Mayo-Belwa 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 Mayo-Belwa LGA is Mayo Belwa.
The headquarters of Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area is Mayo Belwa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Mayo Belwa is 644201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area had a population of 139,480 people.
Mayo-Belwa 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.
Mayo-Belwa 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.
Mayo-Belwa 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.