🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa North East
Biriniwa Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Biriniwa
Agricultural LGA known for sorghum, millet and groundnut farming in northeastern Jigawa.
Biriniwa Local Government Area is located in Jigawa State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Jigawa North East senatorial district. The headquarters of Biriniwa LGA is Biriniwa.
The headquarters of Biriniwa Local Government Area is Biriniwa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Biriniwa is 722001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Biriniwa Local Government Area had a population of 115,000 people.
Biriniwa 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.
Biriniwa Local Government Area is in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Jigawa State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Dutse. Jigawa State has 27 Local Government Areas in total.
Biriniwa Local Government Area is in the Jigawa North East senatorial district of Jigawa 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.