🏠 Local Government Area • Benue State • Benue North East
Buruku Local Government Area
Benue State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Buruku
Known for the Tiv cultural practices and sorghum farming. Important LGA in northeast Benue.
Buruku Local Government Area is located in Benue State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Benue North East senatorial district. The headquarters of Buruku LGA is Buruku.
The headquarters of Buruku Local Government Area is Buruku. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Buruku is 970001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Buruku Local Government Area had a population of 165,200 people.
Buruku 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.
Buruku Local Government Area is in Benue State, Nigeria. Benue State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Makurdi. Benue State has 23 Local Government Areas in total.
Buruku Local Government Area is in the Benue North East senatorial district of Benue 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.