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Gwagwalada Local Government Area
Federal Capital Territory State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Gwagwalada
Major satellite town of Abuja, home to University of Abuja. Growing commercial and residential centre.
Gwagwalada 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 Gwagwalada LGA is Gwagwalada.
The headquarters of Gwagwalada Local Government Area is Gwagwalada. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gwagwalada is 902101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gwagwalada Local Government Area had a population of 157,770 people.
Gwagwalada 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.
Gwagwalada 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.
Gwagwalada 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.