🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna North
Lere Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Lere
Known for the Lere dam, groundnut farming and diverse ethnic communities of the Kaduna plains.
Lere 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 Lere LGA is Lere.
The headquarters of Lere Local Government Area is Lere. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Lere is 803301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Lere Local Government Area had a population of 195,000 people.
Lere 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.
Lere 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.
Lere 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.