Awe Towns And Villages
Awe is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, with its headquarters at Awe town. The 2006 census counted 113,083 residents; the 2022 projection puts the figure near 174,600. The LGA covers about 2,800 square kilometres and uses postal codes 951103 to 951105.
Awe LGA has ten wards: Tunga, Makwangiji, Madaki, Galadima, Jangaru, Kanje/Abuni, Ribi, Azara, Wuse and Akiri. Hausa and Alago communities farm along the Benue River floodplain that runs through the area, with Azara and Wuse among the larger settlement clusters outside Awe town itself.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit directory, the GeoNames gazetteer and the GRID3 settlement layer:
- Abuni
- Adudu
- Agudu
- Akiri
- Akwate
- Ampana
- Angwan Gishiri
- Anuku
- Apiri Akiri
- Awe
- Awe South
- Azara
- Baure
- Chiata
- Cor
- Dorowan-Wuse
- Gbashaor
- Gidan Gwam
- Gidan Soja
- Gidan Unande
- Gidan Upaver
- Gidan Wambai
- Gidan Wurji
- Gidan-Luka
- Gindin Kade
- Gindirawa
- Ibi Alago
- Ihuman
- Imon
- Jangar Gari
- Jangaru
- Jangwa
- Jimi Azara
- Ka’ambe
- Kafin Moyi
- Kanje
- Kekura
- Kofar Galadima
- Kofar Gayam
- Kofar Habu
- Kofar Magaji
- Kofar Pada
- Kofar Sarki
- Kofar Sarki Wurji
- Kofar Sarki/Kuka
- Kofar Sarkin Kurum
- Kosono
- Kosour
- Kumar
- Kundu
- Maaji Azara
- Madaki
- Magaji
- Mahanga
- Main Market
- Makwangiji
- Mankpe
- Nyensuwe
- Ribi
- Rijiyan Giwa
- Rimin Sabo
- Rugar-Hardo
- Rugwagu
- Saminaka
- Shankodi
- Tafida
- Tafida Silla
- Tsohon Tunga
- Tsohon Wuse
- Tunga
- Ubandoma
- Ungwan Audu
- Ungwan Galadima Azara
- Ungwan Gobirawa
- Ungwan Jukun
- Ungwan Kwalla
- Ungwan Rogo
- Ungwan Sarkin Yaki
- Ungwan Torbutu
- Ungwan Ubangari
- Usuwa Jigawa
- Wuse
- Zanwa
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