🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano East
Minjibir Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Minjibir
Agricultural LGA known for onion and millet farming east of Kano. Weekly market attracts traders.
Minjibir Local Government Area is located in Kano State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kano East senatorial district. The headquarters of Minjibir LGA is Minjibir.
The headquarters of Minjibir Local Government Area is Minjibir. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Minjibir is 701401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Minjibir Local Government Area had a population of 182,000 people.
Minjibir 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.
Minjibir 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.
Minjibir Local Government Area is in the Kano East 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.