Igalamela-Odolu

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Igalamela-Odolu is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. It is bordered by the Niger River in the west and Enugu State in the east. Its headquarters are in the town of Ajaka in the north of the area at{{Coord|7|10|16|N|6|49|35|E|region:NG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}.

The northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude passes through the LGA.

It has an area of 2,175 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 148,020 at the 2006 census.[http://www.statoids.com/yng.html HASC, population, area and Headquarters Statoids]

The postal code of the area is 271.{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |work= |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |access-date=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archive-date=2009-10-07 |df= }}

The major ethnic group and language

indigenous to the local government are igalas and Igbo. Igala language is majorly spoken in the local government area as first languages follow by Igbo.