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Ijumu Local Government Area
Kogi State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Iyara
Known for the Ijumu Yoruba people and yam farming. Agricultural LGA in western Kogi.
Ijumu Local Government Area is located in Kogi State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kogi West senatorial district. The headquarters of Ijumu LGA is Iyara.
The headquarters of Ijumu Local Government Area is Iyara. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Iyara is 272301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ijumu Local Government Area had a population of 143,000 people.
Ijumu 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.
Ijumu 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.
Ijumu Local Government Area is in the Kogi West 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.