🏠 Local Government Area • Kano State • Kano Municipal
Nasarawa Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Nasarawa
Urban Kano LGA. Contains Murtala Muhammed Library and Kano teaching hospital surroundings.
Nasarawa Local Government Area is located in Kano State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kano Municipal senatorial district. The headquarters of Nasarawa LGA is Nasarawa.
The headquarters of Nasarawa Local Government Area is Nasarawa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Nasarawa is 700001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasarawa Local Government Area had a population of 350,000 people.
Nasarawa 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.
Nasarawa 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.
Nasarawa Local Government Area is in the Kano Municipal 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.