🏠 Local Government Area • Kaduna State • Kaduna South
Zangon Kataf Local Government Area
Kaduna State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Zonkwa
Known for tin mining history and diverse ethnic communities. Now reconciling after past conflicts.
Zangon Kataf 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 Zangon Kataf LGA is Zonkwa.
The headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area is Zonkwa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Zonkwa is 801501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Zangon Kataf Local Government Area had a population of 218,000 people.
Zangon Kataf 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.
Zangon Kataf 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.
Zangon Kataf 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.