🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna North
Kauru Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kauru
Agricultural LGA known for millet and groundnuts. The Ham people of Kauru have strong cultural heritage.
Kauru Local Government Area is located in Kaduna State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kaduna North senatorial district. The headquarters of Kauru LGA is Kauru.
The headquarters of Kauru Local Government Area is Kauru. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kauru is 803101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kauru Local Government Area had a population of 174,000 people.
Kauru 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.
Kauru 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.
Kauru Local Government Area is in the Kaduna North 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.