🏠 Local Government Area • Sokoto State • Sokoto East
Dange-Shuni Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Dange
Known for groundnuts and cotton farming. Important agricultural LGA in eastern Sokoto.
Dange-Shuni 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 Dange-Shuni LGA is Dange.
The headquarters of Dange-Shuni Local Government Area is Dange. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Dange is 840101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Dange-Shuni Local Government Area had a population of 165,000 people.
Dange-Shuni 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.
Dange-Shuni 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.
Dange-Shuni 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.