🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna West
Birnin Gwari Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Birnin Gwari
Known for gold mining and farming. Remote LGA with security challenges. Important agricultural zone.
Birnin Gwari Local Government Area is located in Kaduna State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kaduna West senatorial district. The headquarters of Birnin Gwari LGA is Birnin Gwari.
The headquarters of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area is Birnin Gwari. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Birnin Gwari is 800001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Birnin Gwari Local Government Area had a population of 285,000 people.
Birnin Gwari 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.
Birnin Gwari Local Government Area is in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Kaduna State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Kaduna. Kaduna State has 23 Local Government Areas in total.
Birnin Gwari Local Government Area is in the Kaduna West senatorial district of Kaduna 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.