Nigeria Administrative Divisions / Nigeria

Overview

Item	Details
State	37
Local Government Area	774
Ward	8,799
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-06-01
Website	openadmindata.org/ng
API	openadmindata.org/api/ng

Browse by State

#	State	Local Government Areas	Wards	Link
1	Abia	17	184	Browse
2	Adamawa	21	226	Browse
3	Akwa Ibom	31	329	Browse
4	Anambra	21	326	Browse
5	Bauchi	20	212	Browse
6	Bayelsa	8	105	Browse
7	Benue	23	264	Browse
8	Borno	27	302	Browse
9	Cross River	18	193	Browse
10	Delta	25	270	Browse
11	Ebonyi	13	171	Browse
12	Edo	18	192	Browse
13	Ekiti	16	177	Browse
14	Enugu	17	260	Browse
15	Federal Capital Territory	6	62	Browse
16	Gombe	11	114	Browse
17	Imo	27	305	Browse
18	Jigawa	27	287	Browse
19	Kaduna	23	255	Browse
20	Kano	44	473	Browse
21	Katsina	34	361	Browse
22	Kebbi	21	225	Browse
23	Kogi	21	229	Browse
24	Kwara	16	164	Browse
25	Lagos	20	233	Browse
26	Nasarawa	13	170	Browse
27	Niger	25	274	Browse
28	Ogun	20	236	Browse
29	Ondo	18	203	Browse
30	Osun	30	361	Browse
31	Oyo	33	363	Browse
32	Plateau	17	217	Browse
33	Rivers	23	319	Browse
34	Sokoto	23	244	Browse
35	Taraba	16	168	Browse
36	Yobe	17	178	Browse
37	Zamfara	14	147	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-state.json	JSON	All 37 state records
all-lga.json	JSON	All 774 local government area records
all-ward.json	JSON	All 8,799 ward records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-2 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-state.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['lga']} local government areas")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-state.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} states`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=state, 2=local government area, 3=ward
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{state-slug}/
divisions/{state-slug}/{lga-slug}/

Wards are listed inline in each local government area's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-state links
• Per-state data — Full data by state

Citation

Nigeria Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/nigeria-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country