🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano East
Albasu Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Albasu
Known for groundnuts, millet and livestock. Predominantly Hausa-Fulani communities in eastern Kano.
Albasu 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 Albasu LGA is Albasu.
The headquarters of Albasu Local Government Area is Albasu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Albasu is 701101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Albasu Local Government Area had a population of 157,000 people.
Albasu 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.
Albasu 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.
Albasu 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.