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Onna Local Government Area
Akwa Ibom State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Onna
Home to major oil industry infrastructure including pipelines and flow stations.
Onna Local Government Area is located in Akwa Ibom State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Akwa Ibom South senatorial district. The headquarters of Onna LGA is Onna.
The headquarters of Onna Local Government Area is Onna. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Onna is 531901.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Onna Local Government Area had a population of 106,586 people.
Onna 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.
Onna Local Government Area is in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Akwa Ibom State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Uyo. Akwa Ibom State has 31 Local Government Areas in total.
Onna Local Government Area is in the Akwa Ibom South senatorial district of Akwa Ibom 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.