Bagwai Towns And Villages
Bagwai is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, about 55 kilometres northwest of Kano city. Its headquarters sits at Bagwai town. The area covers about 405 square kilometres.
Checked 1 August 2026 · Sources: INEC 2015 polling-unit directory, GeoNames, GRID3
The 2006 census counted 161,533 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 265,700. Bagwai holds ten wards: Bagwai, Dangada, Gadanya, Gogori, Kiyawa, Kwajali, Rimin Dako, Romo, Sare-Sare and Wuro Bagga.
Watari Dam, the third-largest dam in Kano State, sits within Bagwai and feeds roughly 1,000 hectares of irrigated farmland. Most residents farm year-round.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit directory, and the GeoNames and GRID3 settlement gazetteers:
- Alajawa
- Alajawa Cakas
- Ba’awa
- Badau
- Badodo
- Badungu
- Bagwai
- Bauje
- Baure
- Budel
- Daddauda
- Daganya Karofi
- Dakatawa
- Dangada
- Daneji
- Dankorau
- Dawaki
- Gadanya
- Gadanya Kofar Gabas
- Gadanya Kofar Yamma
- Gajal
- Galadanci
- Galawa
- Gargari
- Gogori
- Gogori Dafka
- Gurdo
- Jama’a
- Jarumawa
- Jaulare
- Jauben Yamma
- Jibaga Gabas
- Jibaga Yamma
- Kafin Maiko
- Kariya
- Kauyen Adam
- Kiyawa
- Kodo
- Kwajali
- Kwangwai
- Kwatawa
- Limawa
- Liringo
- Mabuga
- Magani
- Majin Gini
- Maskaya
- Masaurari
- Mojin Kanawa
- Rigar Dadi
- Rigar Gidado
- Rigar Isau
- Rigar Rijiya
- Rigar Shirgi
- Rigar Sodongi
- Rimin Bai
- Rimin Dako
- Rinji
- Romo
- Ruwan Jiba
- Sabon Gari
- Sare Sare
- Sarkin Iya
- Sarkin Rafi
- Saurawa
- Surfam
- Surfan Kare
- Tamilawa
- Tofa Kanawa
- Tsattawa
- Tudara
- Tuga
- Tuga Mala
- Umbawa
- Unguwar Gargari
- Unguwar Kosa
- Unguwar Rimi
- Unguwar Tagwai
- Unguwar Yamma
- Wuro Bagga
- Wuro Ladde
- Yannako
- Yar Tofa
- Zango
- Zango Dinya
- Zango Sako
- Zangon Arewa
- Zangon Gabas
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