🏠 Local Government Area • Ekiti State • Ekiti North
Ikole Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ikole-Ekiti
Known for the Oloye of Ikole and kola nut farming. Important commercial LGA in northern Ekiti.
Ikole Local Government Area is located in Ekiti State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ekiti North senatorial district. The headquarters of Ikole LGA is Ikole-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Ikole Local Government Area is Ikole-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ikole-Ekiti is 364101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ikole Local Government Area had a population of 190,000 people.
Ikole 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.
Ikole 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.
Ikole Local Government Area is in the Ekiti North 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.