🏠 Local Government Area • Borno State • Borno Central
Ngala Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Ngala
Border LGA with Cameroon, known for cross-border trade, cattle and sorghum.
Ngala 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 Ngala LGA is Ngala.
The headquarters of Ngala Local Government Area is Ngala. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ngala is 603701.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ngala Local Government Area had a population of 161,000 people.
Ngala 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.
Ngala 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.
Ngala 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.