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Kuje Local Government Area
Federal Capital Territory State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Kuje
Known for Kuje Resettlement area and aquaculture. Site of the 2022 correctional centre attack.
Kuje 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 Kuje LGA is Kuje.
The headquarters of Kuje Local Government Area is Kuje. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kuje is 902201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kuje Local Government Area had a population of 130,185 people.
Kuje 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.
Kuje 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.
Kuje 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.