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Ahoada West Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Ahoada
Known for the Ogba, Ndoni and Ekpeye people. Oil-rich agricultural LGA in western Rivers.
Ahoada West Local Government Area is located in Rivers State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Rivers West senatorial district. The headquarters of Ahoada West LGA is Ahoada.
The headquarters of Ahoada West Local Government Area is Ahoada. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ahoada is 501101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ahoada West Local Government Area had a population of 167,000 people.
Ahoada West 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.
Ahoada West Local Government Area is in Rivers State, Nigeria. Rivers State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Port Harcourt. Rivers State has 23 Local Government Areas in total.
Ahoada West Local Government Area is in the Rivers West senatorial district of Rivers 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.