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Ado Ekiti Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ado Ekiti
Contains Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Home to Ekiti State University and major state government institutions.
Ado Ekiti Local Government Area is located in Ekiti State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ekiti Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Ado Ekiti LGA is Ado Ekiti.
The headquarters of Ado Ekiti Local Government Area is Ado Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ado Ekiti is 360001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ado Ekiti Local Government Area had a population of 308,621 people.
Ado Ekiti 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.
Ado Ekiti Local Government Area is in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Ekiti State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State has 16 Local Government Areas in total.
Ado Ekiti Local Government Area is in the Ekiti Central senatorial district of Ekiti 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.