🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna Central
Kagarko Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kagarko
Known for sorghum, yam and groundnut farming. Predominantly Gbagyi communities in central Kaduna.
Kagarko Local Government Area is located in Kaduna State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kaduna Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Kagarko LGA is Kagarko.
The headquarters of Kagarko Local Government Area is Kagarko. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kagarko is 804001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kagarko Local Government Area had a population of 118,000 people.
Kagarko 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.
Kagarko 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.
Kagarko Local Government Area is in the Kaduna Central 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.