🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa East
Yankwashi Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Yankwashi
Small agricultural LGA known for millet, sorghum and the Yankwashi weekly market.
Yankwashi 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 Yankwashi LGA is Yankwashi.
The headquarters of Yankwashi Local Government Area is Yankwashi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Yankwashi is 721101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Yankwashi Local Government Area had a population of 95,000 people.
Yankwashi 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.
Yankwashi 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.
Yankwashi 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.