🏠 Local Government Area • Katsina State • Katsina West
Dandume Local Government Area
Katsina State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Dandume
Agricultural LGA known for cotton, groundnuts and millet in western Katsina.
Dandume Local Government Area is located in Katsina State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Katsina West senatorial district. The headquarters of Dandume LGA is Dandume.
The headquarters of Dandume Local Government Area is Dandume. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Dandume is 822101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Dandume Local Government Area had a population of 185,000 people.
Dandume 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.
Dandume Local Government Area is in Katsina State, Nigeria. Katsina State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Katsina. Katsina State has 34 Local Government Areas in total.
Dandume Local Government Area is in the Katsina West senatorial district of Katsina 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.