🏠 Local Government Area • Federal Capital Territory State • FCT
Abuja Municipal Local Government Area
Federal Capital Territory State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Abuja
Heart of Nigerias capital. Contains Three Arms Zone, Aso Rock, Maitama, Wuse and major embassies.
Abuja Municipal Local Government Area is located in Federal Capital Territory State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the FCT senatorial district. The headquarters of Abuja Municipal LGA is Abuja.
The headquarters of Abuja Municipal Local Government Area is Abuja. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Abuja is 900001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Abuja Municipal Local Government Area had a population of 776,298 people.
Abuja Municipal 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.
Abuja Municipal Local Government Area is in Federal Capital Territory State, Nigeria. Federal Capital Territory State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Abuja. Federal Capital Territory State has 6 Local Government Areas in total.
Abuja Municipal Local Government Area is in the FCT senatorial district of Federal Capital Territory 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.