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Lagos Mainland Local Government Area
Lagos State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Yaba
Covers Yaba, Mushin-adjacent communities and Herbert Macaulay Way. Home to University of Lagos (Unilag), Yaba College of Technology and major teaching hospitals.
Lagos Mainland Local Government Area is located in Lagos State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Lagos Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Lagos Mainland LGA is Yaba.
The headquarters of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area is Yaba. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Yaba is 101212.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Lagos Mainland Local Government Area had a population of 317,720 people.
Lagos Mainland Local Government Area was created in 1967 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.
Lagos Mainland 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.
Lagos Mainland Local Government Area is in the Lagos Central 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.