🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa North East
Taura Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Taura
Known for groundnuts and millet farming. Communities are engaged in agriculture and animal rearing.
Taura 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 Taura LGA is Taura.
The headquarters of Taura Local Government Area is Taura. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Taura is 722701.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Taura Local Government Area had a population of 165,000 people.
Taura 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.
Taura 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.
Taura 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.