🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna Central
Kajuru Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kajuru
Known for Kajuru Castle, a major tourist attraction. Predominantly Gbagyi people with farming communities.
Kajuru 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 Kajuru LGA is Kajuru.
The headquarters of Kajuru Local Government Area is Kajuru. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kajuru is 804101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kajuru Local Government Area had a population of 145,000 people.
Kajuru 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.
Kajuru 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.
Kajuru 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.