🏠 Local Government Area • Borno State • Borno South
Kwaya Kusar Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Kwaya Kusar
Small LGA in southern Borno known for the Kwaya people culture and sorghum farming.
Kwaya Kusar 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 Kwaya Kusar LGA is Kwaya Kusar.
The headquarters of Kwaya Kusar Local Government Area is Kwaya Kusar. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kwaya Kusar is 602501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kwaya Kusar Local Government Area had a population of 60,256 people.
Kwaya Kusar 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.
Kwaya Kusar 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.
Kwaya Kusar 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.