🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna South
Kaura Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kaura
Known for yam and sorghum farming by the Kagoro, Moroa and Atyap people of southern Kaduna.
Kaura Local Government Area is located in Kaduna State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kaduna South senatorial district. The headquarters of Kaura LGA is Kaura.
The headquarters of Kaura Local Government Area is Kaura. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kaura is 801301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kaura Local Government Area had a population of 168,000 people.
Kaura 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.
Kaura 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.
Kaura Local Government Area is in the Kaduna South 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.