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Yusufari Local Government Area
Yobe State · North East Zone · Headquarters: Yusufari
Western Yobe LGA known for millet and the Yusufari emirate. Agricultural and livestock community.
Yusufari Local Government Area is located in Yobe State, in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Yobe West senatorial district. The headquarters of Yusufari LGA is Yusufari.
The headquarters of Yusufari Local Government Area is Yusufari. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Yusufari is 752401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Yusufari Local Government Area had a population of 148,000 people.
Yusufari 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.
Yusufari Local Government Area is in Yobe State, Nigeria. Yobe State is in the North East zone and has its capital at Damaturu. Yobe State has 17 Local Government Areas in total.
Yusufari Local Government Area is in the Yobe West senatorial district of Yobe 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.