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Iseyin Local Government Area
Oyo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Iseyin
Known for hand-woven aso-oke (traditional Yoruba cloth). Major centre of aso-oke textile production.
Iseyin Local Government Area is located in Oyo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Oyo North senatorial district. The headquarters of Iseyin LGA is Iseyin.
The headquarters of Iseyin Local Government Area is Iseyin. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Iseyin is 212201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Iseyin Local Government Area had a population of 220,000 people.
Iseyin 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.
Iseyin 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.
Iseyin Local Government Area is in the Oyo North 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.