🏠 Local Government Area • Plateau State • Plateau North
Jos East Local Government Area
Plateau State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Vom
Contains Vom, home to the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI). Important research hub.
Jos East 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 Jos East LGA is Vom.
The headquarters of Jos East Local Government Area is Vom. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Vom is 930101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Jos East Local Government Area had a population of 137,000 people.
Jos East 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.
Jos East 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.
Jos East 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.