🏠 Local Government Area • Ondo State • Ondo Central
Ondo West Local Government Area
Ondo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ondo
Contains Ondo city, a historic Yoruba kingdom. Known for the Osemawe palace and cocoa farming.
Ondo West Local Government Area is located in Ondo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ondo Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Ondo West LGA is Ondo.
The headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area is Ondo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ondo is 340001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ondo West Local Government Area had a population of 250,000 people.
Ondo West 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.
Ondo West 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.
Ondo West Local Government Area is in the Ondo Central 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.