🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano East
Ajingi Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Ajingi
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet. Gateway between Kano and Jigawa States.
Ajingi Local Government Area is located in Kano State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kano East senatorial district. The headquarters of Ajingi LGA is Ajingi.
The headquarters of Ajingi Local Government Area is Ajingi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ajingi is 701001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ajingi Local Government Area had a population of 142,000 people.
Ajingi 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.
Ajingi Local Government Area is in Kano State, Nigeria. Kano State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Kano. Kano State has 43 Local Government Areas in total.
Ajingi Local Government Area is in the Kano East senatorial district of Kano 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.