🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa East
Ringim Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Ringim
Important commercial LGA in eastern Jigawa, known for groundnuts, livestock and the Ringim market.
Ringim 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 Ringim LGA is Ringim.
The headquarters of Ringim Local Government Area is Ringim. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ringim is 720901.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ringim Local Government Area had a population of 230,000 people.
Ringim 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.
Ringim 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.
Ringim 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.