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Ewekoro Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ewekoro
Home to Lafarge Wapco Cement Plant. Important industrial LGA near the Lagos-Ogun industrial corridor.
Ewekoro 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 Ewekoro LGA is Ewekoro.
The headquarters of Ewekoro Local Government Area is Ewekoro. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ewekoro is 110101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ewekoro Local Government Area had a population of 120,000 people.
Ewekoro 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.
Ewekoro 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.
Ewekoro 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.