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Badagry Local Government Area
Lagos State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Badagry
Historic slave trade port on the border with Benin Republic. Features the Point of No Return monument, Slave Route Museum and Gberefu Beach — a major heritage tourism destination.
Badagry 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 Badagry LGA is Badagry.
The headquarters of Badagry Local Government Area is Badagry. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Badagry is 104101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Badagry Local Government Area had a population of 241,093 people.
Badagry 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.
Badagry 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.
Badagry 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.