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Guri Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Guri
Agricultural LGA known for guinea corn and millet. Communities also rear animals.
Guri 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 Guri LGA is Guri.
The headquarters of Guri Local Government Area is Guri. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Guri is 720301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Guri Local Government Area had a population of 115,000 people.
Guri 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.
Guri 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.
Guri 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.