🏠 Local Government Area • Zamfara State • Zamfara East
Bungudu Local Government Area
Zamfara State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Bungudu
Known for sorghum, millet and groundnut farming. Agricultural LGA in eastern Zamfara.
Bungudu Local Government Area is located in Zamfara State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Zamfara East senatorial district. The headquarters of Bungudu LGA is Bungudu.
The headquarters of Bungudu Local Government Area is Bungudu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Bungudu is 862001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Bungudu Local Government Area had a population of 270,000 people.
Bungudu 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.
Bungudu Local Government Area is in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Zamfara State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Gusau. Zamfara State has 14 Local Government Areas in total.
Bungudu Local Government Area is in the Zamfara East senatorial district of Zamfara 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.