🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano West
Gwarzo Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Gwarzo
Known for groundnuts and millet farming west of Kano. An important agricultural and commercial LGA.
Gwarzo Local Government Area is located in Kano State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kano West senatorial district. The headquarters of Gwarzo LGA is Gwarzo.
The headquarters of Gwarzo Local Government Area is Gwarzo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gwarzo is 704001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gwarzo Local Government Area had a population of 198,000 people.
Gwarzo Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Gwarzo 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.
Gwarzo Local Government Area is in the Kano West 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.