🏠 Local Government Area • Katsina State • Katsina West
Faskari Local Government Area
Katsina State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Faskari
Known for cotton, groundnuts and livestock. Agricultural LGA in western Katsina.
Faskari 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 Faskari LGA is Faskari.
The headquarters of Faskari Local Government Area is Faskari. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Faskari is 822201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Faskari Local Government Area had a population of 183,000 people.
Faskari Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Faskari 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.
Faskari 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.