🏠 Local Government Area • Sokoto State • Sokoto East
Binji Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Binji
Agricultural LGA known for millet and groundnut farming. Communities engage in cattle rearing.
Binji Local Government Area is located in Sokoto State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Sokoto East senatorial district. The headquarters of Binji LGA is Binji.
The headquarters of Binji Local Government Area is Binji. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Binji is 840001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Binji Local Government Area had a population of 125,000 people.
Binji 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.
Binji Local Government Area is in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Sokoto State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Sokoto. Sokoto State has 24 Local Government Areas in total.
Binji Local Government Area is in the Sokoto East senatorial district of Sokoto 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.