🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano South
Bunkure Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Bunkure
Known for leather tanning and groundnut farming. Important cottage industry LGA south of Kano.
Bunkure Local Government Area is located in Kano State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kano South senatorial district. The headquarters of Bunkure LGA is Bunkure.
The headquarters of Bunkure Local Government Area is Bunkure. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Bunkure is 703101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Bunkure Local Government Area had a population of 168,000 people.
Bunkure 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.
Bunkure 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.
Bunkure Local Government Area is in the Kano South 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.