Bagwai Towns And Villages
Bagwai is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, about 55 kilometres northwest of Kano city. Its headquarters sits at Bagwai town. The area covers about 405 square kilometres.
The 2006 census counted 161,533 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 265,700. Bagwai holds ten wards: Bagwai, Dangada, Gadanya, Gogori, Kiyawa, Kwajali, Rimin Dako, Romo, Sare-Sare and Wuro Bagga.
Watari Dam, the third-largest dam in Kano State, sits within Bagwai and feeds roughly 1,000 hectares of irrigated farmland. Most residents farm year-round.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit directory, and the GeoNames and GRID3 settlement gazetteers:
- Alajawa
- Alajawa Cakas
- Ba’awa
- Badau
- Badodo
- Badungu
- Bagwai
- Bauje
- Baure
- Budel
- Daddauda
- Daganya Karofi
- Dakatawa
- Dangada
- Daneji
- Dankorau
- Dawaki
- Gadanya
- Gadanya Kofar Gabas
- Gadanya Kofar Yamma
- Gajal
- Galadanci
- Galawa
- Gargari
- Gogori
- Gogori Dafka
- Gurdo
- Jama’a
- Jarumawa
- Jaulare
- Jauben Yamma
- Jibaga Gabas
- Jibaga Yamma
- Kafin Maiko
- Kariya
- Kauyen Adam
- Kiyawa
- Kodo
- Kwajali
- Kwangwai
- Kwatawa
- Limawa
- Liringo
- Mabuga
- Magani
- Majin Gini
- Maskaya
- Masaurari
- Mojin Kanawa
- Rigar Dadi
- Rigar Gidado
- Rigar Isau
- Rigar Rijiya
- Rigar Shirgi
- Rigar Sodongi
- Rimin Bai
- Rimin Dako
- Rinji
- Romo
- Ruwan Jiba
- Sabon Gari
- Sare Sare
- Sarkin Iya
- Sarkin Rafi
- Saurawa
- Surfam
- Surfan Kare
- Tamilawa
- Tofa Kanawa
- Tsattawa
- Tudara
- Tuga
- Tuga Mala
- Umbawa
- Unguwar Gargari
- Unguwar Kosa
- Unguwar Rimi
- Unguwar Tagwai
- Unguwar Yamma
- Wuro Bagga
- Wuro Ladde
- Yannako
- Yar Tofa
- Zango
- Zango Dinya
- Zango Sako
- Zangon Arewa
- Zangon Gabas
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