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Shanono Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Shanono
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet west of Kano.
Shanono 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 Shanono LGA is Shanono.
The headquarters of Shanono Local Government Area is Shanono. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Shanono is 704301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Shanono Local Government Area had a population of 140,000 people.
Shanono 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.
Shanono 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.
Shanono 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.