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Tureta Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Tureta
Small agricultural LGA known for millet and groundnut farming in eastern Sokoto.
Tureta 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 Tureta LGA is Tureta.
The headquarters of Tureta Local Government Area is Tureta. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Tureta is 840501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Tureta Local Government Area had a population of 110,000 people.
Tureta 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.
Tureta 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.
Tureta 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.