🏠 Local Government Area • Bayelsa State • Bayelsa West
Sagbama Local Government Area
Bayelsa State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Sagbama
Known for timber, fishing and the Sagbama Ijaw people. Important agricultural LGA in western Bayelsa.
Sagbama Local Government Area is located in Bayelsa State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Bayelsa West senatorial district. The headquarters of Sagbama LGA is Sagbama.
The headquarters of Sagbama Local Government Area is Sagbama. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Sagbama is 562101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Sagbama Local Government Area had a population of 170,000 people.
Sagbama 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.
Sagbama 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.
Sagbama Local Government Area is in the Bayelsa West 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.