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Odogbolu Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Odogbolu
Known for the Odogbolu Ijebu people and palm oil, rubber farming in eastern Ogun.
Odogbolu Local Government Area is located in Ogun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ogun East senatorial district. The headquarters of Odogbolu LGA is Odogbolu.
The headquarters of Odogbolu Local Government Area is Odogbolu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Odogbolu is 121301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Odogbolu Local Government Area had a population of 155,000 people.
Odogbolu 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.
Odogbolu 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.
Odogbolu Local Government Area is in the Ogun East 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.