🏠 Local Government Area • Nasarawa State • Nasarawa South
Doma Local Government Area
Nasarawa State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Doma
Known for the Doma emirate and yam, sorghum farming. Agricultural LGA in south Nasarawa.
Doma Local Government Area is located in Nasarawa State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Nasarawa South senatorial district. The headquarters of Doma LGA is Doma.
The headquarters of Doma Local Government Area is Doma. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Doma is 963101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Doma Local Government Area had a population of 193,000 people.
Doma 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.
Doma Local Government Area is in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Nasarawa State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Lafia. Nasarawa State has 13 Local Government Areas in total.
Doma Local Government Area is in the Nasarawa South senatorial district of Nasarawa 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.