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Ekiti West Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Aramoko-Ekiti
Known for the Ekiti West kingdom and cocoa, kola nut farming. Granite quarrying is also significant.
Ekiti West 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 Ekiti West LGA is Aramoko-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Ekiti West Local Government Area is Aramoko-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Aramoko-Ekiti is 360201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ekiti West Local Government Area had a population of 95,000 people.
Ekiti 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.
Ekiti West 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.
Ekiti West 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.