🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano South
Kibiya Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kibiya
Known for onion farming and weekly market attracting traders from across Kano State.
Kibiya 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 Kibiya LGA is Kibiya.
The headquarters of Kibiya Local Government Area is Kibiya. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kibiya is 703601.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kibiya Local Government Area had a population of 134,000 people.
Kibiya 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.
Kibiya 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.
Kibiya 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.