Auyo Towns And Villages
Auyo is a Local Government Area in Jigawa State, Nigeria, on the Hadejia River floodplain. Its headquarters sits in Auyo town. The area covers about 512 square kilometres.
The 2006 census counted 132,268 residents. A 2022 projection put the figure near 227,400. Auyo has ten wards: Auyo, Auyakayi, Ayama, Ayan, Gamafoi, Gamsarka, Gatafa, Kafur, Tsidir and Unik.
Hausa and Fulani farmers grow rice, wheat, millet, sorghum and vegetables on the wetland’s seasonal floodwater; fishing and livestock rearing add to household income. Auyo borders Hadejia to the north, Kafin Hausa to the south and Kaugama to the west.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit directory, the GRID3 Nigeria settlement layer and the GeoNames gazetteer:
- Adaha
- Afarmo
- Afiyau
- Agamo
- Aguza
- Aima
- Akubushin
- Arako
- Arawa
- Arbuna
- Argina
- Atakajiya
- Atura
- Auyakayi
- Auyo
- Auyo Kuka
- Ayama
- Ayamas Kuka
- Ayan
- Bakari
- Bangel
- Banyali
- Biritan
- Butai
- Chiromawa
- Dawaya
- Dogara
- Dogon Marke
- Dumumi
- Fuge
- Furawa
- Gamafoi
- Gamsarka
- Gandun Kadir
- Ganuwar Kuka
- Gasanya
- Gastifi
- Gatafa
- Gatafa Madaki
- Gatakashe Wailare
- Gidan Bakware
- Gidan Dallah
- Gidan Gandu
- Gidan Maitandu
- Gudito
- Guyu
- Hada
- Hadiyo
- Hakudau
- Jama’ar Alkali
- Jama’ar Ayan
- Jama’ar Gabas
- Jama’ar Guyu
- Jiba Gandu
- Jura
- Kaban
- Kafardau
- Kafur
- Kaigamari
- Kalgo
- Kalgwai
- Karsha Dunkun
- Kataije
- Kataudi
- Katangar Tsamiya
- Kaziyeta
- Kigin
- Koiya
- Kudigin
- Kure
- Kurei
- Kwazimo
- Mado
- Magarya
- Mai Baure
- Maje
- Makerayi
- Maranda
- Marakawa
- Maskangayu
- Matakuwa
- Mawa
- Muran
- Rigar Maaji
- Sabon Gidan Ayanduwa
- Safa Babba
- Safa Karfi
- Sateri Kalauri
- Shamarma
- Shawara
- Shingen Gabas
- Shingen Yamma
- Shinyo
- Tigima
- Tsaka
- Tsidir
- Tsurutawa
- Tudun Wada
- Unik
- Uza
- Yamudi
- Zabaro
- Zugo
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