🏠 Local Government Area • Kwara State • Kwara South
Asa Local Government Area
Kwara State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Afon
Known for the Asa people and yam, sorghum farming. Agricultural LGA southwest of Ilorin.
Asa Local Government Area is located in Kwara State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kwara South senatorial district. The headquarters of Asa LGA is Afon.
The headquarters of Asa Local Government Area is Afon. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Afon is 242001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Asa Local Government Area had a population of 144,000 people.
Asa 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.
Asa Local Government Area is in Kwara State, Nigeria. Kwara State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Ilorin. Kwara State has 16 Local Government Areas in total.
Asa Local Government Area is in the Kwara South senatorial district of Kwara 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.