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Ekiti Kwara Local Government Area
Kwara State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Ijan-Ekiti
Known for the Ekiti-speaking Kwara people and yam farming. Cultural LGA in southern Kwara.
Ekiti Kwara 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 Ekiti Kwara LGA is Ijan-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Ekiti Kwara Local Government Area is Ijan-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ijan-Ekiti is 242101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ekiti Kwara Local Government Area had a population of 119,000 people.
Ekiti Kwara 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.
Ekiti Kwara 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.
Ekiti Kwara 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.