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Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area
Lagos State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Mile 2
Industrial LGA hosting the Tin Can Island Port, Kirikiri Light Industrial Estate and the Lagos Free Trade Zone. Gateway for maritime trade into Nigeria.
Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area is located in Lagos State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Lagos West senatorial district. The headquarters of Amuwo-Odofin LGA is Mile 2.
The headquarters of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area is Mile 2. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Mile 2 is 102101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area had a population of 317,720 people.
Amuwo-Odofin 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.
Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area is in Lagos State, Nigeria. Lagos State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Ikeja. Lagos State has 20 Local Government Areas in total.
Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area is in the Lagos West senatorial district of Lagos 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.