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Kware Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kware
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet. Predominantly Hausa-Fulani communities.
Kware Local Government Area is located in Sokoto State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Sokoto Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Kware LGA is Kware.
The headquarters of Kware Local Government Area is Kware. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kware is 841101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kware Local Government Area had a population of 128,000 people.
Kware 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.
Kware 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.
Kware Local Government Area is in the Sokoto Central 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.