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Imeko-Afon Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Imeko
Border LGA with Benin Republic known for cassava, yam and palm oil farming.
Imeko-Afon Local Government Area is located in Ogun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ogun West senatorial district. The headquarters of Imeko-Afon LGA is Imeko.
The headquarters of Imeko-Afon Local Government Area is Imeko. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Imeko is 113001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Imeko-Afon Local Government Area had a population of 115,000 people.
Imeko-Afon 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.
Imeko-Afon 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.
Imeko-Afon Local Government Area is in the Ogun West 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.