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Yabo Local Government Area
Sokoto State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Yabo
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet farming in eastern Sokoto State.
Yabo 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 Yabo LGA is Yabo.
The headquarters of Yabo Local Government Area is Yabo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Yabo is 840801.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Yabo Local Government Area had a population of 150,000 people.
Yabo 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.
Yabo 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.
Yabo 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.