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Ilorin East Local Government Area
Kwara State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Ilorin
Eastern Ilorin metropolis, home to University of Ilorin and major educational institutions.
Ilorin East Local Government Area is located in Kwara State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kwara Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Ilorin East LGA is Ilorin.
The headquarters of Ilorin East Local Government Area is Ilorin. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ilorin is 240001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ilorin East Local Government Area had a population of 342,000 people.
Ilorin East 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.
Ilorin East 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.
Ilorin East Local Government Area is in the Kwara Central 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.