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Barkin Ladi Local Government Area
Plateau State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Barkin Ladi
Known for tin mining and the Jos Plateau scenery. Site of past farmer-herder conflicts. Potato farming.
Barkin Ladi Local Government Area is located in Plateau State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Plateau North senatorial district. The headquarters of Barkin Ladi LGA is Barkin Ladi.
The headquarters of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area is Barkin Ladi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Barkin Ladi is 930001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Barkin Ladi Local Government Area had a population of 162,000 people.
Barkin Ladi 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.
Barkin Ladi Local Government Area is in Plateau State, Nigeria. Plateau State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Jos. Plateau State has 17 Local Government Areas in total.
Barkin Ladi Local Government Area is in the Plateau North senatorial district of Plateau 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.