🏠 Local Government Area • Oyo State • Oyo North
Iwajowa Local Government Area
Oyo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Iwere-Ile
Small LGA known for yam and cotton farming. The Iwajowa people have strong commercial traditions.
Iwajowa 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 Iwajowa LGA is Iwere-Ile.
The headquarters of Iwajowa Local Government Area is Iwere-Ile. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Iwere-Ile is 212401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Iwajowa Local Government Area had a population of 98,000 people.
Iwajowa 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.
Iwajowa 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.
Iwajowa 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.