🏠 Local Government Area • Osun State • Osun West
Ayedaade Local Government Area
Osun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Gbongan
Contains Gbongan, a major commercial centre. Known for yam and cocoa farming in western Osun.
Ayedaade Local Government Area is located in Osun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Osun West senatorial district. The headquarters of Ayedaade LGA is Gbongan.
The headquarters of Ayedaade Local Government Area is Gbongan. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gbongan is 232201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ayedaade Local Government Area had a population of 177,000 people.
Ayedaade 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.
Ayedaade Local Government Area is in Osun State, Nigeria. Osun State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Osogbo. Osun State has 31 Local Government Areas in total.
Ayedaade Local Government Area is in the Osun West senatorial district of Osun 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.