🏠 Local Government Area • Gombe State • Gombe South
Billiri Local Government Area
Gombe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Billiri
Known for the Tangale people and yam, sorghum farming. Important commercial LGA in southern Gombe.
Billiri 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 Billiri LGA is Billiri.
The headquarters of Billiri Local Government Area is Billiri. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Billiri is 771201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Billiri Local Government Area had a population of 127,726 people.
Billiri 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.
Billiri 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.
Billiri 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.