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Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area
Kebbi State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Birnin Kebbi
Contains Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital. Home to the Kebbi emirate and state institutions.
Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area is located in Kebbi State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kebbi Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Birnin Kebbi LGA is Birnin Kebbi.
The headquarters of Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area is Birnin Kebbi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Birnin Kebbi is 870001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area had a population of 352,000 people.
Birnin Kebbi 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.
Birnin Kebbi 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.
Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area is in the Kebbi Central 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.