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Mobbar Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Mobbar
Remote LGA near Lake Chad basin, known for livestock and fishing. Sparsely populated with nomadic communities.
Mobbar Local Government Area is located in Borno State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Borno North senatorial district. The headquarters of Mobbar LGA is Mobbar.
The headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area is Mobbar. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Mobbar is 601701.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Mobbar Local Government Area had a population of 140,000 people.
Mobbar 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.
Mobbar 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.
Mobbar Local Government Area is in the Borno North 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.