🏠 Local Government Area • Plateau State • Plateau East
Pankshin Local Government Area
Plateau State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Pankshin
Known for the Ngas people and yam, sorghum farming. Important commercial centre in eastern Plateau.
Pankshin Local Government Area is located in Plateau State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Plateau East senatorial district. The headquarters of Pankshin LGA is Pankshin.
The headquarters of Pankshin Local Government Area is Pankshin. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Pankshin is 933201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Pankshin Local Government Area had a population of 186,000 people.
Pankshin 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.
Pankshin 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.
Pankshin Local Government Area is in the Plateau East 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.