Arewa Dandi Towns And Villages

Arewa Dandi is a Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria, on the west bank of the Rima river floodplain in the state’s far north. Its headquarters sits at Jega Road, Kangiwa. The 2006 census counted 189,728 residents; the 2022 projection put the figure near 324,200.

The LGA holds eleven wards: Biu, Chibike, Daura/Sakkwabe/Jarkuka, Gorun Dikko, Falde, Feske/Jaffeji, Gumumdai/Rafin Tsaka, Kangiwa, Laima/Jantullu, Sarka/Dantsoho and Yeldu. Hausa and Zabarmawa farmers grow millet, sorghum and rice on the fadama land bordering Sokoto State to the north and Argungu and Suru LGAs to the south.

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

  1. Adakaka
  2. Adegari
  3. Aljanar Baidu
  4. Amagoro
  5. Asakara
  6. Bachaka
  7. Bagga
  8. Bagizza
  9. Baraya
  10. Biu Sabon Zama
  11. Botawa
  12. Chibike
  13. Chibike Illela
  14. Dagwabro
  15. Dalijam
  16. Dalwa
  17. Dantsoho
  18. Daura
  19. Denyeku
  20. Dogon Daji
  21. Falde
  22. Farsangu
  23. Feske Baba
  24. Gadanga
  25. Gamuzza
  26. Gandu
  27. Ganza
  28. Garin Kada
  29. Giddare
  30. Gigane
  31. Goru
  32. Gorun Dikko
  33. Gumki
  34. Gumunde
  35. Gumundi
  36. Gwambara
  37. Gwarmai
  38. Haikimawa
  39. Hudussu
  40. Intali
  41. Jaffeji
  42. Jaja
  43. Jantullu
  44. Jarkuka
  45. Jekuka
  46. Jiadadi
  47. Kangiwa
  48. Kare Gabas
  49. Kuka Bakway
  50. Kuka Maifulani
  51. Kunduda
  52. Kurage Goga
  53. Kurfayawa
  54. Kuri Babba
  55. Kwakware
  56. Kwalaye
  57. Laima
  58. Landari
  59. Madamfara
  60. Maduway
  61. Mafaskara
  62. Maigasari
  63. Maikali
  64. Maimaiki
  65. Makangara
  66. Mamunu
  67. Marina
  68. Marke
  69. Masaida
  70. Matankari
  71. Nageda
  72. Pawangu
  73. Rafin Tsaka
  74. Ramba
  75. Rausar Liman
  76. Rijiyar Kuka
  77. Rimau
  78. Sabon Gari
  79. Sakwabe
  80. Sangela
  81. Sanyahe
  82. Sarka
  83. Shakalar Bube
  84. Shiko
  85. Suna Goru
  86. Tambo-Boka
  87. Timtimi
  88. Toranki
  89. Tsamiyar Jarkuka
  90. Tudun Wadan Gobe
  91. Tulun Dabaka
  92. Tunga Boka
  93. Tunga Lema
  94. Tunga Sarka
  95. Tungan Turuba
  96. Tungar Kalgo
  97. Tungar Labbo
  98. Turmin Dutsi
  99. Ungwan Kade
  100. Ungwan Kolo
  101. Ungwan Manomi
  102. Ungwan Rini
  103. Yangwandi
  104. Yeldu
  105. Yeldu Arewa
  106. Zagabu
  107. Zamawa
  108. Zukuku