Lavun

{{Short description|LGA in Niger}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}

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|leader_name =Alhaji Limanko pata

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|area_total_km2 =2835

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Lavun is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kutigi in the south of the area at{{Coord|9|12|00|N|5|36|00|E|region:NG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}. The Kaduna River forms the eastern border of the Local Government Area.

It has an area of 2,835 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 209,917 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 913.{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126042849/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/postcode.aspx |archivedate=2012-11-26 }}