Abuja Municipal (AMAC) Towns And Villages
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) is one of six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. It covers the city centre and surrounding satellite districts, with its headquarters at Garki.
The 2006 census counted 776,298 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 1,693,400. AMAC spans roughly 1,476 square kilometres and holds 12 wards: City Centre, Garki, Gui, Gwagwa, Gwarinpa, Jiwa, Kabusa, Karshi, Karu, Nyanya, Orozo and Wuse.
Beyond central Abuja’s planned districts (Garki, Wuse, Maitama, Asokoro), AMAC includes satellite towns and indigenous villages such as Karu, Karshi, Nyanya, Jikwoyi, Gwagwa, Jiwa, Idu and Karmo, home to Gbagyi (Gwari) communities that predate the capital.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records for the Federal Capital Territory, GRID3’s Nigeria settlement dataset, GeoNames, and the Wikipedia article on Abuja’s districts:
- Abacha Barracks
- Aco
- Airport
- Akpajenya
- Aleyita
- Angwan Fulani
- Angwan Mangoro
- Angwan Sarki
- Angwan Sayawa
- Angwan Shuaibu
- Anka
- Apo
- Asokoro
- Azhata
- Bagusa
- Barewa
- Barwa
- Bassan Jiwa
- Burum
- Chika
- Chori Bisa
- Dagbana
- Daisan
- Dakin Biyu Karshi
- Dakwa
- Damagaza
- Dei-Dei
- Dnako
- Durumi I
- Durumi II
- Durumi III
- Dutse Baba
- Filin Dabo
- Galadimawa
- Garki Village
- Gbagarape
- Gbessa
- Gbogu
- Gidan Gwona
- Gidan Kaka
- Gidan Mangoro
- Gosa
- Gudu
- Gugugu
- Gui
- Guida
- Guzape
- Gwagwa
- Gwarinpa Village
- Hulumi
- Iddo Maji
- Iddo Sabo
- Iddo Sarki Pada
- Idu
- Jabi
- Jahi
- Jikwoyi
- Jiwa
- Kaba
- Kabin Madaki
- Kabusa
- Kado Village I
- Kado Village II
- Kado-Kauchi
- Kafanty
- Kagini
- Karmo
- Karon-Majigi
- Karsana I
- Karsana II
- Karshi
- Karu Site (FHA)
- Karu Village
- Katampe
- Ketti
- Kokonle
- Konkola
- Kpakuru I
- Kpakuru II
- Kpakuru III
- Kpeyi
- Kuchigoro
- Kugbo
- Kurudu
- Kurunduma
- Kusaki
- Kutasa
- Kuyami
- Kwoi
- Lekka
- Life Camp
- Lugbe
- Mabushi
- Maitama
- Munape Kasa
- Munape Sama
- Ninje
- Nuwalegi
- Nyanya
- Nyanya Village/Gwandara
- Nyanya Village/Gwari
- Orozo I
- Orozo II
- Paipe
- Piwoyi
- Pyakasa
- Sabo Anagada
- Sabon Lugbe
- Saburi
- Sauka
- Shereti
- Shishinda
- Takalafia
- Takalafia Sabo
- Takalafia Tsoho
- Takalago
- Takushara
- Tasha
- Tashan Fulani
- Toge
- Tudun Wada
- Tunga Fulani
- Tunga Karahi
- Tunga Kwaso
- Tunga Mada
- Tunga Madaki
- Tunga Wakili Deidei
- Tungan Nasara
- Tungan Wakili
- Ung. Bawa
- Ung. Ginar
- Ung. Hausawa
- Ung. Maiyaki
- Ung. Pashe
- Ung. Sarki
- Utako
- Waru
- Wassa
- Wukara
- Wulmo
- Wumba
- Wuse
- Yemutu
- Zauda I
- Zauda II
- Zhako Yako
- Zhidu I
- Zhidu II
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