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Table 1.1.1: Number of States and Local Governments in Nigeria > 1.1 > 1. > menu
| States | Capital |
No of LGA |
| Abia | Umuahia | 16 |
| Adamawa | Yola | 21 |
| Akwa Ibom | Uyo | 31 |
| Anambra | Awka | 21 |
| Bauchi | Bauchi | 20 |
| Bayelsa | Yenagoa | 8 |
| Benue | Makurdi | 23 |
| Borno | Maiduguri | 27 |
| Cross River | Calabar | 18 |
| Delta | Asaba | 25 |
| Ebonyi | Abakaliki | 13 |
| Edo | Benin City | 18 |
| Ekiti | Ado Ekiti | 16 |
| Enugu | Enugu | 17 |
| Gombe | Gombe | 11 |
| Imo | Owerri | 27 |
| Jigawa | Dutse | 27 |
| Kaduna | Kaduna | 23 |
| Kano | Kano | 44 |
| Katsina | Katsina | 34 |
| Kebbi | Birnin Kebbi | 21 |
| Kogi | Lokoja | 20 |
| Kwara | Ilorin | 17 |
| Lagos | Ikeja | 20 |
| Niger | Minna | 25 |
| Ogun | Abeokuta | 20 |
| Ondo | Akure | 18 |
| Osun | Osogbo | 30 |
| Oyo | Ibadan | 17 |
| Plateau | Jos | 23 |
| Rivers | Port Harcourt | 23 |
| Sokoto | Sokoto | 17 |
| Taraba | Jalingo | 16 |
| Yobe | Damaturu | 17 |
| Zamfara | Gusau | 14 |
| FCT | Abuja | 6 |
| TOTAL | 744 |
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