🏠 Local Government Area • Nasarawa State • Nasarawa South
Lafia Local Government Area
Nasarawa State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Lafia
Contains Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. Home to state government offices and University of Mkar.
Lafia 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 Lafia LGA is Lafia.
The headquarters of Lafia Local Government Area is Lafia. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Lafia is 960001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Lafia Local Government Area had a population of 353,000 people.
Lafia 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.
Lafia 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.
Lafia 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.