🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna South
Sanga Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Gwantu
Known for yam and sorghum farming by the Ninzam and Mada people in southern Kaduna.
Sanga 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 Sanga LGA is Gwantu.
The headquarters of Sanga Local Government Area is Gwantu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gwantu is 801401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Sanga Local Government Area had a population of 138,000 people.
Sanga 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.
Sanga 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.
Sanga 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.