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Tarauni Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kano
Urban Kano LGA known for commerce and the expanding Kano metropolitan area.
Tarauni 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 Tarauni LGA is Kano.
The headquarters of Tarauni Local Government Area is Kano. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kano is 700001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Tarauni Local Government Area had a population of 225,000 people.
Tarauni 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.
Tarauni 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.
Tarauni 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.