🏠 Local Government Area • Sokoto State • Sokoto East
Tambuwal Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Tambuwal
Known for the Tambuwal people and groundnut farming. Important commercial LGA in eastern Sokoto.
Tambuwal 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 Tambuwal LGA is Tambuwal.
The headquarters of Tambuwal Local Government Area is Tambuwal. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Tambuwal is 840401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Tambuwal Local Government Area had a population of 200,000 people.
Tambuwal 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.
Tambuwal 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.
Tambuwal 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.