🏠 Local Government Area • Ebonyi State • Ebonyi North
Izzi Local Government Area
Ebonyi State · South East Zone · Headquarters: Izzi
Known for the Izzi people and their crafts. Rice, yam and cassava are major agricultural products.
Izzi Local Government Area is located in Ebonyi State, in the South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ebonyi North senatorial district. The headquarters of Izzi LGA is Izzi.
The headquarters of Izzi Local Government Area is Izzi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Izzi is 842401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Izzi Local Government Area had a population of 190,000 people.
Izzi 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.
Izzi 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.
Izzi Local Government Area is in the Ebonyi North 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.