🏠 Local Government Area • Gombe State • Gombe South
Shongom Local Government Area
Gombe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Shongom
Known for the Waja people and yam farming. Remote LGA in southern Gombe.
Shongom 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 Shongom LGA is Shongom.
The headquarters of Shongom Local Government Area is Shongom. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Shongom is 771401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Shongom Local Government Area had a population of 85,000 people.
Shongom 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.
Shongom 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.
Shongom 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.