🏠 Local Government Area • Plateau State • Plateau South
Shendam Local Government Area
Plateau State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Shendam
Known for the Yom people and groundnut, sorghum farming. Major commercial centre in southern Plateau.
Shendam Local Government Area is located in Plateau State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Plateau South senatorial district. The headquarters of Shendam LGA is Shendam.
The headquarters of Shendam Local Government Area is Shendam. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Shendam is 932001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Shendam Local Government Area had a population of 195,000 people.
Shendam 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.
Shendam 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.
Shendam Local Government Area is in the Plateau South 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.