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Brass Local Government Area
Bayelsa State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Brass
Historic LGA on the Atlantic coast, seat of the Nembe kingdom. Known for oil production and fishing.
Brass Local Government Area is located in Bayelsa State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Bayelsa Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Brass LGA is Brass.
The headquarters of Brass Local Government Area is Brass. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Brass is 561001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Brass Local Government Area had a population of 140,000 people.
Brass 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.
Brass Local Government Area is in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Bayelsa State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Yenagoa. Bayelsa State has 8 Local Government Areas in total.
Brass Local Government Area is in the Bayelsa Central senatorial district of Bayelsa 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.