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Tsanyawa Local Government Area
Kano State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Tsanyawa
Agricultural LGA known for millet and groundnut farming. Communities involved in weekly markets.
Tsanyawa 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 Tsanyawa LGA is Tsanyawa.
The headquarters of Tsanyawa Local Government Area is Tsanyawa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Tsanyawa is 702901.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Tsanyawa Local Government Area had a population of 163,000 people.
Tsanyawa 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.
Tsanyawa 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.
Tsanyawa 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.