🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa North West
Dutse Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Dutse
Contains Dutse, the Jigawa State capital. Home to Federal University Dutse and state institutions.
Dutse Local Government Area is located in Jigawa State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Jigawa North West senatorial district. The headquarters of Dutse LGA is Dutse.
The headquarters of Dutse Local Government Area is Dutse. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Dutse is 720001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Dutse Local Government Area had a population of 300,000 people.
Dutse 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.
Dutse 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.
Dutse Local Government Area is in the Jigawa North West 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.