🏠 Local Government Area • Oyo State • Oyo East
Surulere Local Government Area
Oyo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Iresaadu
Agricultural LGA known for yam and cassava. Not to be confused with Surulere in Lagos.
Surulere Local Government Area is located in Oyo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Oyo East senatorial district. The headquarters of Surulere LGA is Iresaadu.
The headquarters of Surulere Local Government Area is Iresaadu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Iresaadu is 211401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Surulere Local Government Area had a population of 128,000 people.
Surulere 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.
Surulere 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.
Surulere Local Government Area is in the Oyo East 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.