🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna North
Makarfi Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Makarfi
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet. Named after a former Kaduna governor.
Makarfi 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 Makarfi LGA is Makarfi.
The headquarters of Makarfi Local Government Area is Makarfi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Makarfi is 803401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Makarfi Local Government Area had a population of 160,000 people.
Makarfi 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.
Makarfi 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.
Makarfi 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.