🏠 Local Government Area • Gombe State • Gombe South
Akko Local Government Area
Gombe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Kumo
Largest LGA in Gombe by area. Known for cotton, groundnut farming and the Kumo emirate.
Akko Local Government Area is located in Gombe State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Gombe South senatorial district. The headquarters of Akko LGA is Kumo.
The headquarters of Akko Local Government Area is Kumo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kumo is 771001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Akko Local Government Area had a population of 339,043 people.
Akko 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.
Akko Local Government Area is in Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Gombe. Gombe State has 11 Local Government Areas in total.
Akko Local Government Area is in the Gombe South senatorial district of Gombe 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.