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Shira Local Government Area
Bauchi State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Jatau
Agricultural LGA known for millet, guinea corn and groundnuts. Home to Fulani pastoralists and Hausa farmers.
Shira 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 Shira LGA is Jatau.
The headquarters of Shira Local Government Area is Jatau. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Jatau is 742801.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Shira Local Government Area had a population of 107,000 people.
Shira 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.
Shira 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.
Shira 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.