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Yenagoa Local Government Area
Bayelsa State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Yenagoa
Contains Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Seat of government and the Ox-bow Lake resort.
Yenagoa 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 Yenagoa LGA is Yenagoa.
The headquarters of Yenagoa Local Government Area is Yenagoa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Yenagoa is 560001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Yenagoa Local Government Area had a population of 352,000 people.
Yenagoa 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.
Yenagoa 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.
Yenagoa 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.