🏠 Local Government Area • Kwara State • Kwara North
Kaiama Local Government Area
Kwara State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Kaiama
Known for the Baruten people, hunting and the Kaiama traditional festival.
Kaiama Local Government Area is located in Kwara State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kwara North senatorial district. The headquarters of Kaiama LGA is Kaiama.
The headquarters of Kaiama Local Government Area is Kaiama. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kaiama is 241201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kaiama Local Government Area had a population of 145,000 people.
Kaiama 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.
Kaiama 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.
Kaiama Local Government Area is in the Kwara North 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.