🏠 Local Government Area • Benue State • Benue North East
Ushongo Local Government Area
Benue State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Lessel
Tiv LGA known for yam farming and the Ushongo people cultural heritage.
Ushongo 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 Ushongo LGA is Lessel.
The headquarters of Ushongo Local Government Area is Lessel. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Lessel is 970701.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ushongo Local Government Area had a population of 162,343 people.
Ushongo 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.
Ushongo 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.
Ushongo 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.