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Kaga Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Kaga
Agricultural LGA near Maiduguri, known for sorghum, millet and cattle. Recovering from insurgency.
Kaga Local Government Area is located in Borno State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Borno Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Kaga LGA is Kaga.
The headquarters of Kaga Local Government Area is Kaga. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kaga is 603401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kaga Local Government Area had a population of 110,000 people.
Kaga Local Government Area was created in 1996 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.
Kaga 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.
Kaga Local Government Area is in the Borno Central 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.