🏠 Local Government Area • Cross River State • Cross River South
Biase Local Government Area
Cross River State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Biase
Known for palm oil, cassava and fishing along the Cross River.
Biase Local Government Area is located in Cross River State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Cross River South senatorial district. The headquarters of Biase LGA is Biase.
The headquarters of Biase Local Government Area is Biase. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Biase is 540401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Biase Local Government Area had a population of 130,000 people.
Biase 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.
Biase Local Government Area is in Cross River State, Nigeria. Cross River State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Calabar. Cross River State has 18 Local Government Areas in total.
Biase Local Government Area is in the Cross River South senatorial district of Cross River 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.