Balanga Towns And Villages
Balanga is a Local Government Area in Gombe State, Nigeria, in the state’s southern senatorial district. Talasse serves as the LGA headquarters. Yamaltu-Deba LGA borders it to the north, Adamawa State to the south and east, and Shongom, Kaltungo and Akko LGAs to the west.
The 2006 census counted 212,549 residents across roughly 1,626 km². The LGA holds ten wards: Bambam, Bangu, Dadiya, Gelengu/Balanga, Kindiyo, Kulani/Degre/Sikkam, Mwona, Nyuwar/Jessu, Swa/Refele/Wala-Waja and Talasse/Dong/Reme. Hausa, Fulani and Waja communities farm across the area; Hausa, Fulfulde and Waja are the main languages spoken.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory, the GRID3 Nigeria settlement gazetteer and GeoNames.
- Bajoga Gadamayo
- Bajoga Nasarawo
- Bakin Kasuwa
- Bakwaina
- Balan Sane
- Balanga
- Balanga Garu
- Bambam
- Bangu
- Bare
- Bokabundi
- Bular
- Buta
- Buwangal
- Bwalu
- Chamchiyo
- Chessi
- Ching
- Chunyi
- Daban Magarya
- Dadiya
- Dakawal
- Dasa Buzu
- Daura Babba
- Daura Karami
- Degri
- Desheru
- Dibashingi
- Dimori
- Do’ara
- Dong
- Dongole
- Dorawa
- Fitilai
- Gadamayo
- Gamadadi
- Gangaware
- Garu
- Gelengu
- Geng
- Gilangitu
- Guka
- Gukurmi
- Gulyimora
- Gumsa
- Gurkuma
- Gurma
- Gwenti
- Heme
- Jalingo
- Jamaare
- Jangai
- Jauro Tukur
- Jessu
- Jone
- Jongiri Kondi
- Jongri
- Junge
- Jurare
- Kabalu
- Kafin Bormi
- Kauye
- Kembu Matinja
- Kolaku
- Kore
- Kulani
- Kumtur
- Kutare
- Kwana
- Kwarge
- Kwarge Sabon Layi
- Kwasi
- Kwata Tudu
- Lafiya
- Lafiya Sarki
- Lajangara
- Lakun
- Lakun Babba
- Lakun Tela
- Laman
- Lambawa Bambam
- Laura
- Lobware
- Lofiyo
- Lokula Kuli
- Loluba
- Loyolme
- Maidara
- Maitunku
- Mona
- Nasarawa
- Nasarawo
- Nibasim
- Nyuwar
- Panglang
- Putoki
- Refele
- Reme
- Sabara
- Sabon Layi
- Sai
- Sikkam
- Silon
- Swai
- Swali
- Takasa
- Taku Garu
- Talasse
- Taliyayi
- Tashan Alaja
- Tikire
- Tindi
- Tiyakunu
- Tsibo
- Tudun Wada
- Wadaci
- Wala Waja
- Walanungu
- Wuro Dole
- Yadi
- Yakurutu
- Yarabawa
- Yelwa
- Yobuyo
- Yolde
- Zongo
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