🏠 Local Government Area • Kwara State • Kwara South
Oyun Local Government Area
Kwara State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Ijagbo
Known for the Oyun people and yam farming. Agricultural LGA between Ilorin and Osun States.
Oyun 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 Oyun LGA is Ijagbo.
The headquarters of Oyun Local Government Area is Ijagbo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ijagbo is 242601.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Oyun Local Government Area had a population of 158,000 people.
Oyun 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.
Oyun 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.
Oyun 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.