🏠 Local Government Area • Osun State • Osun East
Obokun Local Government Area
Osun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ijebu-Jesa
Known for the Obokun people and cocoa farming. Agricultural LGA in eastern Osun.
Obokun 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 Obokun LGA is Ijebu-Jesa.
The headquarters of Obokun Local Government Area is Ijebu-Jesa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ijebu-Jesa is 233201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Obokun Local Government Area had a population of 128,000 people.
Obokun 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.
Obokun 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.
Obokun 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.