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Okene Local Government Area
Kogi State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Okene
Home to the Ebira people, Okene is a major commercial city. Known for textile weaving and yam farming.
Okene 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 Okene LGA is Okene.
The headquarters of Okene Local Government Area is Okene. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Okene is 272001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Okene Local Government Area had a population of 334,000 people.
Okene 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.
Okene 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.
Okene 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.