🏠 Local Government Area • Ebonyi State • Ebonyi South
Afikpo South Local Government Area
Ebonyi State · South East Zone · Headquarters: Edda
Known for the Edda clan and yam farming. Important agricultural LGA bordering Cross River State.
Afikpo South Local Government Area is located in Ebonyi State, in the South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ebonyi South senatorial district. The headquarters of Afikpo South LGA is Edda.
The headquarters of Afikpo South Local Government Area is Edda. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Edda is 841101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Afikpo South Local Government Area had a population of 136,000 people.
Afikpo South 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.
Afikpo South Local Government Area is in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Ebonyi State is in the South East zone and has its capital at Abakaliki. Ebonyi State has 13 Local Government Areas in total.
Afikpo South Local Government Area is in the Ebonyi South senatorial district of Ebonyi 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.