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Iwo Local Government Area
Osun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Iwo
Historic Yoruba city of Iwo, known for the Oluwo palace, Islamic learning and yam farming.
Iwo 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 Iwo LGA is Iwo.
The headquarters of Iwo Local Government Area is Iwo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Iwo is 232001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Iwo Local Government Area had a population of 195,000 people.
Iwo 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.
Iwo 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.
Iwo 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.