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Kunchi Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kunchi
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet near the Katsina border north of Kano.
Kunchi Local Government Area is located in Kano State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kano North senatorial district. The headquarters of Kunchi LGA is Kunchi.
The headquarters of Kunchi Local Government Area is Kunchi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kunchi is 702501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kunchi Local Government Area had a population of 153,000 people.
Kunchi 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.
Kunchi 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.
Kunchi Local Government Area is in the Kano North 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.