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Abeokuta North Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Abeokuta
Northern Abeokuta, home to Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library. Industrial and educational hub.
Abeokuta North Local Government Area is located in Ogun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ogun Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Abeokuta North LGA is Abeokuta.
The headquarters of Abeokuta North Local Government Area is Abeokuta. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Abeokuta is 110001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Abeokuta North Local Government Area had a population of 362,000 people.
Abeokuta North 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.
Abeokuta North Local Government Area is in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ogun State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Abeokuta. Ogun State has 20 Local Government Areas in total.
Abeokuta North Local Government Area is in the Ogun Central senatorial district of Ogun 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.