Biu Towns And Villages

Biu is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno State, Nigeria’s southern region. Once the capital of the kingdom of Biu, the town is currently the seat of the Biu Emirate and the administrative hub of the local government area.

Biu is located at an average elevation of 626 metres on the Biu Plateau.  The land is partially arid.

Below is the complete list Of Towns And Villages In Biu Local Government, Borno State, Nigeria:

Biu central District

  1. Biu
  2. Diwar
  3. Filin Jirgi
  4. Garu Pirsina
  5. Garwashina
  6. Gashua
  7. Ghuma
  8. Jalingo
  9. Kabura
  10. Kenken
  11. Manda Fumwa
  12. Mandara Abdu II
  13. Mbula Kivi
  14. Mbulamel
  15. Piku
  16. Pompamari
  17. Sulumithla
  18. Tashan Danfulani
  19. Vinkuthla
  20. Waka
  21. Yawi
  22. Zara Kwara
  23. Zara Wuyaku

Biu east District

  1. B. C. G.
  2. Birma Jugwal
  3. Brikuthi
  4. Dugja
  5. Galdimari
  6. Guma
  7. Gwaram
  8. Kampala
  9. Mainahari
  10. Mandara Abdu I
  11. Nassarawa
  12. Ntzukuku
  13. Shuwari
  14. Tabra
  15. Tum
  16. Yamarkumi
  17. Yamir Pilasar
  18. Zara Diza
  19. Zara Minnga

Dadinkowa District

  1. Bam
  2. Berum
  3. Buratai
  4. Chara
  5. Dam
  6. Duzuma
  7. Galabinda
  8. Gunda
  9. Kamuya
  10. Kurnari
  11. Maiduguri
  12. Njibi
  13. Palma
  14. Panana
  15. Yarda

Miringa District

  1. Alagarno
  2. Bowa
  3. Burashika
  4. Chukwarzir
  5. Garubula
  6. Gur
  7. Gur Lawan
  8. Helma Jibir
  9. Kimba
  10. Mandaragrau
  11. Mangada
  12. Miringa
  13. Ngrum
  14. Warawara
  15. Ya Adam
  16. Zira

Biu’s original name was Viu, which means lofty in Babur and Bura.

Mari Watila Tampta founded Biu in 1670. Mari Watirwa (r. 1793–1838) repulsed Fulani invasion from the Gombe Emirate to the west. Mari Biya became Biu’s first Babur monarch in 1878. In town is the emir’s palace.

1918 British rule produced Biu division. In 1920, Mai Ari Dogo became Biu’s first emir. Shani and Askira were joined to the emirate in 1957, forming the Biu federation.   Maidalla Mustafa dan Muhammad (1915) became Mai Biu (1959).

Babur, Bura (also called Pabir), Tera, Bura, Marghi, Mina, and Fulani are the primary residents.

Biu–Mandara languages Babur, Bura, Tera, Marghi, and Mina are Chadic.

The LGA is largely in the northern Guinea savannah (NGA) agroecological zone,[6] with a minor fraction in the northeast, Kimba, in the Sudan savannah zone.

Herding cattle, goats, sheep, horses, and donkeys[3] and producing sorghum, millet, maize, cowpea, and cotton make up the economy.

Traditional tiny farms dominate agriculture.

Iron ore, gravel, magnesite, uranium, feldspar, topaz, mica, granite, aquamarine, nephelite, and salt are mined at Biu.

Gombe-Biu-Mubi road was bad in 2010. Multiple worldwide charities will donate funding to repair the area’s infrastructure in 2022.