🏠 Local Government Area • Borno State • Borno North
Nganzai Local Government Area
Borno State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Gashagar
Remote LGA recovering from insurgency. Known for millet farming and livestock near Chad.
Nganzai 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 Nganzai LGA is Gashagar.
The headquarters of Nganzai Local Government Area is Gashagar. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gashagar is 601901.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Nganzai Local Government Area had a population of 90,000 people.
Nganzai 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.
Nganzai 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.
Nganzai 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.