🏠 Local Government Area • Ondo State • Ondo South
Ilaje Local Government Area
Ondo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Igbokoda
Coastal LGA on the Atlantic known for offshore oil production, fishing and the Ilaje people.
Ilaje Local Government Area is located in Ondo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ondo South senatorial district. The headquarters of Ilaje LGA is Igbokoda.
The headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area is Igbokoda. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Igbokoda is 341101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ilaje Local Government Area had a population of 120,000 people.
Ilaje 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.
Ilaje Local Government Area is in Ondo State, Nigeria. Ondo State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Akure. Ondo State has 18 Local Government Areas in total.
Ilaje Local Government Area is in the Ondo South senatorial district of Ondo 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.