🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa North East
Kiri Kasama Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kiri Kasama
Small LGA known for millet and sorghum farming in northeastern Jigawa.
Kiri Kasama 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 Kiri Kasama LGA is Kiri Kasama.
The headquarters of Kiri Kasama Local Government Area is Kiri Kasama. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kiri Kasama is 722401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kiri Kasama Local Government Area had a population of 100,000 people.
Kiri Kasama 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.
Kiri Kasama 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.
Kiri Kasama 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.