🏠 Local Government Area • Kogi State • Kogi West
Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area
Kogi State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Kabba
Contains Kabba, known for the Okun Yoruba people and St. Bartholomews Hospital, one of Nigerias oldest.
Kabba/Bunu 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 Kabba/Bunu LGA is Kabba.
The headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area is Kabba. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kabba is 272401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area had a population of 197,000 people.
Kabba/Bunu 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.
Kabba/Bunu 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.
Kabba/Bunu 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.