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Ika North East Local Government Area
Delta State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Agbor
Contains Agbor, a major commercial city. Known for the Agbor masquerade and palm oil.
Ika North East Local Government Area is located in Delta State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Delta North senatorial district. The headquarters of Ika North East LGA is Agbor.
The headquarters of Ika North East Local Government Area is Agbor. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Agbor is 321201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ika North East Local Government Area had a population of 220,000 people.
Ika North East 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.
Ika North East Local Government Area is in Delta State, Nigeria. Delta State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Asaba. Delta State has 25 Local Government Areas in total.
Ika North East Local Government Area is in the Delta North senatorial district of Delta 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.