🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna North West
Kudan Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Hunkuyi
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts, millet and livestock along the Kaduna-Kano highway.
Kudan Local Government Area is located in Kaduna State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kaduna North West senatorial district. The headquarters of Kudan LGA is Hunkuyi.
The headquarters of Kudan Local Government Area is Hunkuyi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Hunkuyi is 802201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kudan Local Government Area had a population of 148,000 people.
Kudan 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.
Kudan 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.
Kudan Local Government Area is in the Kaduna North 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.