🏠 Local Government Area • Kebbi State • Kebbi South
Maiyama Local Government Area
Kebbi State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Maiyama
Agricultural LGA known for onions, rice and groundnuts. Important commercial LGA in southern Kebbi.
Maiyama 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 Maiyama LGA is Maiyama.
The headquarters of Maiyama Local Government Area is Maiyama. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Maiyama is 871501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Maiyama Local Government Area had a population of 200,000 people.
Maiyama 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.
Maiyama 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.
Maiyama 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.