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Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area
Osun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Isogbo
Small agricultural LGA known for yam and palm oil by the Ola-Oluwa Yoruba people.
Ola-Oluwa 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 Ola-Oluwa LGA is Isogbo.
The headquarters of Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area is Isogbo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Isogbo is 232701.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area had a population of 85,000 people.
Ola-Oluwa 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.
Ola-Oluwa 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.
Ola-Oluwa 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.