🏠 Local Government Area • Zamfara State • Zamfara East
Tsafe Local Government Area
Zamfara State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Tsafe
Agricultural LGA known for groundnuts and millet. Important commercial LGA in eastern Zamfara.
Tsafe 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 Tsafe LGA is Tsafe.
The headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area is Tsafe. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Tsafe is 862301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Tsafe Local Government Area had a population of 265,000 people.
Tsafe 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.
Tsafe 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.
Tsafe 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.