🏠 Local Government Area • Zamfara State • Zamfara West
Kaura Namoda Local Government Area
Zamfara State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Kaura Namoda
Major commercial city, second largest in Zamfara. Known for cotton, groundnuts and livestock trade.
Kaura Namoda Local Government Area is located in Zamfara State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Zamfara West senatorial district. The headquarters of Kaura Namoda LGA is Kaura Namoda.
The headquarters of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area is Kaura Namoda. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kaura Namoda is 861301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Kaura Namoda Local Government Area had a population of 310,000 people.
Kaura Namoda Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Kaura Namoda 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.
Kaura Namoda Local Government Area is in the Zamfara West 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.