Ajingi Towns And Villages

Ajingi is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, about 50 kilometres east of Kano city. Its headquarters is the town of Ajingi. The area covers roughly 714 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 172,610 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 283,900. Ajingi holds ten wards: Ajingi, Balare, Chula, Dabin Kanawa, Dundun, Gafasa, Gurduba, Kunkurawa, Toranke and Unguwar Bai.

Farming and pottery making are the leading occupations. Larabar Zango, in Toranke ward, hosts one of rural Kano State’s largest markets, drawing traders from across the area.

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

  1. Ajingi
  2. Asayaya
  3. Balare
  4. Balare Gabas
  5. Balare Yamma
  6. Chiromawa
  7. Chula
  8. Dabin Kanawa
  9. Dagaji
  10. Dara
  11. Digawa
  12. Digwal
  13. Dundun
  14. Fagawa
  15. Fulatan
  16. Gafasa
  17. Gafasa Walawa
  18. Gurduba
  19. Gurji
  20. Gurjiya
  21. Jiyayya
  22. Kalawa
  23. Kan Iyaka
  24. Kara Makama
  25. Kunkurawa
  26. Kyaberi
  27. Laraba Zango
  28. Maimolo
  29. Sabaru
  30. Sakalawa
  31. Shadakaji
  32. Toranke
  33. Tsarambai
  34. Unguwar Bai
  35. Wurawa Gabas
  36. Wurawa Yamma
  37. Yadagammo
  38. Yanbakon Fulani
  39. Yankinta
  40. Yanwawa
  41. Zangon Gulya