🏠 Local Government Area • Sokoto State • Sokoto East
Wurno Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Wurno
Known for the Wurno people and groundnut, millet farming. Important LGA near the Rima River.
Wurno 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 Wurno LGA is Wurno.
The headquarters of Wurno Local Government Area is Wurno. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Wurno is 840701.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Wurno Local Government Area had a population of 195,000 people.
Wurno 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.
Wurno 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.
Wurno 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.