🏠 Local Government Area • Ogun State • Ogun East
Remo North Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Isara
Known for the Remo Yoruba people and rubber farming. Isara is the birthplace of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
Remo North 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 Remo North LGA is Isara.
The headquarters of Remo North Local Government Area is Isara. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Isara is 121501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Remo North Local Government Area had a population of 152,000 people.
Remo 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.
Remo 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.
Remo North 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.