🏠 Local Government Area • Ebonyi State • Ebonyi South
Ohaozara Local Government Area
Ebonyi State · South East Zone · Headquarters: Uburu
Known for Uburu Salt Lake, a historic natural resource site. Palm oil and cassava are major products.
Ohaozara 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 Ohaozara LGA is Uburu.
The headquarters of Ohaozara Local Government Area is Uburu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Uburu is 841401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ohaozara Local Government Area had a population of 122,000 people.
Ohaozara 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.
Ohaozara 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.
Ohaozara 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.