🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano West
Kiru Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kiru
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet. Growing commercial activities west of Kano.
Kiru 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 Kiru LGA is Kiru.
The headquarters of Kiru Local Government Area is Kiru. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kiru is 704201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kiru Local Government Area had a population of 198,000 people.
Kiru 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.
Kiru 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.
Kiru 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.