🏠 Local Government Area • Anambra State • Anambra South
Ogbaru Local Government Area
Anambra State · South East Zone · Headquarters: Atani
Riverine LGA on the Niger River, known for fishing, boat building and the Atani clay pots.
Ogbaru Local Government Area is located in Anambra State, in the South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Anambra South senatorial district. The headquarters of Ogbaru LGA is Atani.
The headquarters of Ogbaru Local Government Area is Atani. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Atani is 422501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ogbaru Local Government Area had a population of 217,781 people.
Ogbaru 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.
Ogbaru Local Government Area is in Anambra State, Nigeria. Anambra State is in the South East zone and has its capital at Awka. Anambra State has 21 Local Government Areas in total.
Ogbaru Local Government Area is in the Anambra South senatorial district of Anambra 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.