🏠 Local Government Area • Oyo State • Ibadan South
Ibadan South West Local Government Area
Oyo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ibadan
Southwest Ibadan, home to Secretariat and major government offices of Oyo State.
Ibadan South West Local Government Area is located in Oyo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ibadan South senatorial district. The headquarters of Ibadan South West LGA is Ibadan.
The headquarters of Ibadan South West Local Government Area is Ibadan. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ibadan is 200001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ibadan South West Local Government Area had a population of 320,000 people.
Ibadan South West 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.
Ibadan South West Local Government Area is in Oyo State, Nigeria. Oyo State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Ibadan. Oyo State has 32 Local Government Areas in total.
Ibadan South West Local Government Area is in the Ibadan South senatorial district of Oyo 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.