🏠 Local Government Area • Kebbi State • Kebbi South
Aleiro Local Government Area
Kebbi State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Aleiro
Agricultural LGA known for rice and sorghum farming. Predominantly Hausa-Fulani communities.
Aleiro Local Government Area is located in Kebbi State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kebbi South senatorial district. The headquarters of Aleiro LGA is Aleiro.
The headquarters of Aleiro Local Government Area is Aleiro. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Aleiro is 871001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Aleiro Local Government Area had a population of 115,000 people.
Aleiro 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.
Aleiro Local Government Area is in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Kebbi State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Birnin Kebbi. Kebbi State has 21 Local Government Areas in total.
Aleiro Local Government Area is in the Kebbi South senatorial district of Kebbi 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.