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Ife Central Local Government Area
Osun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ile-Ife
Heart of Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba civilization. Home to Oonis palace and Obafemi Awolowo University.
Ife Central Local Government Area is located in Osun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Osun East senatorial district. The headquarters of Ife Central LGA is Ile-Ife.
The headquarters of Ife Central Local Government Area is Ile-Ife. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ile-Ife is 230001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ife Central Local Government Area had a population of 134,000 people.
Ife Central 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.
Ife Central 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.
Ife Central Local Government Area is in the Osun East 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.