🏠 Local Government Area • Ondo State • Ondo South
Okitipupa Local Government Area
Ondo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Okitipupa
Known for the Ilaje and Ikale people, coconut farming and offshore oil.
Okitipupa 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 Okitipupa LGA is Okitipupa.
The headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area is Okitipupa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Okitipupa is 341401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Okitipupa Local Government Area had a population of 190,000 people.
Okitipupa 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.
Okitipupa 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.
Okitipupa 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.