🏠 Local Government Area • Adamawa State • Adamawa Central
Shelleng Local Government Area
Adamawa State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Shelleng
Known for the Zinna people and cotton farming. Important agricultural LGA in central Adamawa.
Shelleng Local Government Area is located in Adamawa State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Adamawa Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Shelleng LGA is Shelleng.
The headquarters of Shelleng Local Government Area is Shelleng. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Shelleng is 643201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Shelleng Local Government Area had a population of 125,310 people.
Shelleng 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.
Shelleng 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.
Shelleng Local Government Area is in the Adamawa Central 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.