🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa East
Birnin Kudu Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Birnin Kudu
Second largest city in Jigawa, known for groundnuts, onions and the Birnin Kudu emirate.
Birnin Kudu Local Government Area is located in Jigawa State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Jigawa East senatorial district. The headquarters of Birnin Kudu LGA is Birnin Kudu.
The headquarters of Birnin Kudu Local Government Area is Birnin Kudu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Birnin Kudu is 720101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Birnin Kudu Local Government Area had a population of 280,000 people.
Birnin Kudu Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Birnin Kudu 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.
Birnin Kudu Local Government Area is in the Jigawa 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.