🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa North East
Garki Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Garki
Known for sorghum, millet and groundnut farming in northeastern Jigawa.
Garki 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 Garki LGA is Garki.
The headquarters of Garki Local Government Area is Garki. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Garki is 722101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Garki Local Government Area had a population of 118,000 people.
Garki 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.
Garki 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.
Garki 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.