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Oturkpo Local Government Area
Benue State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Otukpo
Home to Otukpo, the largest city in Benue South. Major commercial centre of the Idoma people.
Oturkpo Local Government Area is located in Benue State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Benue South senatorial district. The headquarters of Oturkpo LGA is Otukpo.
The headquarters of Oturkpo Local Government Area is Otukpo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Otukpo is 972001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Oturkpo Local Government Area had a population of 221,360 people.
Oturkpo Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Oturkpo 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.
Oturkpo Local Government Area is in the Benue South 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.