🏠 Local Government Area • Katsina State • Katsina South
Kusada Local Government Area
Katsina State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kusada
Known for cotton and groundnut farming. Small LGA in southern Katsina.
Kusada 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 Kusada LGA is Kusada.
The headquarters of Kusada Local Government Area is Kusada. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kusada is 824101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kusada Local Government Area had a population of 132,000 people.
Kusada 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.
Kusada 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.
Kusada 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.