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Itas-Gadau Local Government Area
Bauchi State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Itas
Known for the Itas and Gadau people. Communities producing millet, sorghum and groundnuts.
Itas-Gadau Local Government Area is located in Bauchi State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Bauchi North senatorial district. The headquarters of Itas-Gadau LGA is Itas.
The headquarters of Itas-Gadau Local Government Area is Itas. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Itas is 742401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Itas-Gadau Local Government Area had a population of 114,897 people.
Itas-Gadau 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.
Itas-Gadau Local Government Area is in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Bauchi State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Bauchi. Bauchi State has 20 Local Government Areas in total.
Itas-Gadau Local Government Area is in the Bauchi North senatorial district of Bauchi 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.