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Funtua Local Government Area
Katsina State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Funtua
Major cotton and textile industrial city. Home to the Funtua ginnery and cotton processing industry.
Funtua Local Government Area is located in Katsina State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Katsina South senatorial district. The headquarters of Funtua LGA is Funtua.
The headquarters of Funtua Local Government Area is Funtua. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Funtua is 824001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Funtua Local Government Area had a population of 278,000 people.
Funtua 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.
Funtua 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.
Funtua Local Government Area is in the Katsina South 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.