🏠 Local Government Area • Edo State • Edo South
Ovia South West Local Government Area
Edo State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Iguobazuwa
Forest LGA known for rubber, timber and the Ovia River. Important agricultural zone southwest of Benin.
Ovia South West Local Government Area is located in Edo State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Edo South senatorial district. The headquarters of Ovia South West LGA is Iguobazuwa.
The headquarters of Ovia South West Local Government Area is Iguobazuwa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Iguobazuwa is 311401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ovia South West Local Government Area had a population of 115,000 people.
Ovia South West 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.
Ovia South West Local Government Area is in Edo State, Nigeria. Edo State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Benin City. Edo State has 19 Local Government Areas in total.
Ovia South West Local Government Area is in the Edo South senatorial district of Edo 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.