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Bayo Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Bayo
Small LGA in southern Borno known for cattle rearing and sorghum farming.
Bayo Local Government Area is located in Borno State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Borno South senatorial district. The headquarters of Bayo LGA is Bayo.
The headquarters of Bayo Local Government Area is Bayo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Bayo is 602101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Bayo Local Government Area had a population of 56,773 people.
Bayo 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.
Bayo Local Government Area is in Borno State, Nigeria. Borno State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Maiduguri. Borno State has 26 Local Government Areas in total.
Bayo Local Government Area is in the Borno South senatorial district of Borno 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.