🏠 Local Government Area • Sokoto State • Sokoto North
Goronyo Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Goronyo
Known for the Goronyo Dam and irrigation farming. Onion and tomato cultivation are major activities.
Goronyo Local Government Area is located in Sokoto State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Sokoto North senatorial district. The headquarters of Goronyo LGA is Goronyo.
The headquarters of Goronyo Local Government Area is Goronyo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Goronyo is 842101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Goronyo Local Government Area had a population of 140,000 people.
Goronyo 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.
Goronyo 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.
Goronyo Local Government Area is in the Sokoto North 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.