🏠 Local Government Area • Ekiti State • Ekiti South
Efon Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Efon-Alaaye
Known for the Efon people and cocoa farming. Small LGA in southern Ekiti bordering Osun State.
Efon Local Government Area is located in Ekiti State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ekiti South senatorial district. The headquarters of Efon LGA is Efon-Alaaye.
The headquarters of Efon Local Government Area is Efon-Alaaye. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Efon-Alaaye is 361001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Efon Local Government Area had a population of 65,000 people.
Efon 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.
Efon 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.
Efon Local Government Area is in the Ekiti South 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.