🏠 Local Government Area • Cross River State • Cross River North
Ogoja Local Government Area
Cross River State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Ogoja
Major commercial city in northern Cross River. Known for the Yala people, cocoa and cross-border trade.
Ogoja Local Government Area is located in Cross River State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Cross River North senatorial district. The headquarters of Ogoja LGA is Ogoja.
The headquarters of Ogoja Local Government Area is Ogoja. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ogoja is 541501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ogoja Local Government Area had a population of 193,000 people.
Ogoja 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.
Ogoja 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.
Ogoja Local Government Area is in the Cross River North 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.