🏠 Local Government Area • Oyo State • Ibadan South
Oluyole Local Government Area
Oyo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ibadan
Southern Ibadan peri-urban LGA with growing industrial and residential activities.
Oluyole 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 Oluyole LGA is Ibadan.
The headquarters of Oluyole 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 200201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Oluyole Local Government Area had a population of 225,000 people.
Oluyole 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.
Oluyole 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.
Oluyole 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.