🏠 Local Government Area • Sokoto State • Sokoto North
Gwadabawa Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Gwadabawa
Known for groundnuts and livestock. Important commercial LGA near Niger Republic.
Gwadabawa 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 Gwadabawa LGA is Gwadabawa.
The headquarters of Gwadabawa Local Government Area is Gwadabawa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Gwadabawa is 842301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gwadabawa Local Government Area had a population of 215,000 people.
Gwadabawa 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.
Gwadabawa 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.
Gwadabawa 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.