🏠 Local Government Area • Taraba State • Taraba North
Jalingo Local Government Area
Taraba State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Jalingo
Contains Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. Home to Taraba State University and government offices.
Jalingo Local Government Area is located in Taraba State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Taraba North senatorial district. The headquarters of Jalingo LGA is Jalingo.
The headquarters of Jalingo Local Government Area is Jalingo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Jalingo is 660001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Jalingo Local Government Area had a population of 253,000 people.
Jalingo 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.
Jalingo Local Government Area is in Taraba State, Nigeria. Taraba State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Jalingo. Taraba State has 16 Local Government Areas in total.
Jalingo Local Government Area is in the Taraba North senatorial district of Taraba 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.