🏠 Local Government Area • Borno State • Borno South
Biu Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Biu
Capital of Borno South, home to the historic Biu emirate. Known for cotton, groundnuts and the Biu Plateau.
Biu 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 Biu LGA is Biu.
The headquarters of Biu Local Government Area is Biu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Biu is 602201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Biu Local Government Area had a population of 195,202 people.
Biu 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.
Biu 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.
Biu 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.