Abaji Towns And Villages

Abaji is one of the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, sitting along the Abuja-Lokoja expressway roughly 70 kilometres southwest of the city centre. Its headquarters is Abaji town, centred near 8°28′32″N 6°56′36″E.

The 2006 census counted a population of 58,642. A 2022 projection puts the figure near 127,900. Ten wards make up the council: Abaji Central, Abaji North East, Abaji South East, Agyana/Pandagi, Rimba Ebagi, Nuku, Alu Mamagi, Yaba, Gurdi and Gawu. Bassa, Egbira (Egbura), Gbagyi and Ganagana communities farm and trade across the area, alongside a long-settled Hausa population.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 national settlement layer, and the GeoNames gazetteer:

  1. Abaji
  2. Adagba
  3. Agyana
  4. Akori
  5. Alu
  6. Barabari
  7. Chakumi
  8. Dapara
  9. Dara
  10. Dewu
  11. Domi
  12. Durumi
  13. Ebagi
  14. Gari
  15. Gasakba
  16. Gawu
  17. Gbogbodo
  18. Gulida
  19. Gurdi
  20. Jamigbe
  21. Kekeshi
  22. Kpache
  23. Kpakuru
  24. Kunguni
  25. Kutara
  26. Kwakwa
  27. Kyawu
  28. Lafiya Yaba
  29. Madani
  30. Mamagi
  31. Manderegi
  32. Mawogi
  33. Naharati Sabo
  34. Naharati Tsoho
  35. Nanda
  36. Nasarawa
  37. Nuku
  38. Paiko Bassa
  39. Pandagi
  40. Pangu
  41. Panpanpi
  42. Piowe
  43. Rimba
  44. Rimba Gwari
  45. Sabon Gida
  46. Sabongurara
  47. Shadadi
  48. Tando
  49. Tekpeshe
  50. Tungan Usman
  51. Yaba
  52. Yelwan Gawu