🏠 Local Government Area • Kogi State • Kogi East
Ankpa Local Government Area
Kogi State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Ankpa
Known for the Igala people, yam farming and the Ankpa market. Important commercial LGA.
Ankpa Local Government Area is located in Kogi State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kogi East senatorial district. The headquarters of Ankpa LGA is Ankpa.
The headquarters of Ankpa Local Government Area is Ankpa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ankpa is 270001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ankpa Local Government Area had a population of 192,000 people.
Ankpa 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.
Ankpa Local Government Area is in Kogi State, Nigeria. Kogi State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Lokoja. Kogi State has 21 Local Government Areas in total.
Ankpa Local Government Area is in the Kogi East senatorial district of Kogi 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.