🏠 Local Government Area • Ekiti State • Ekiti South
Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ilawe-Ekiti
Known for the Alaye of Ilawe kingdom and cocoa farming. Important commercial junction LGA.
Irepodun/Ifelodun 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 Irepodun/Ifelodun LGA is Ilawe-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area is Ilawe-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ilawe-Ekiti is 361101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area had a population of 122,000 people.
Irepodun/Ifelodun 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.
Irepodun/Ifelodun 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.
Irepodun/Ifelodun 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.