Birnin Gwari Towns And Villages
Birnin Gwari is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria, about 95 kilometres northwest of Kaduna city on the road to Zamfara. Its headquarters sit in Birnin Gwari town, and the area covers roughly 6,185 square kilometres, the largest LGA in the state.
The 2006 census counted 258,581 residents; the 2022 projection put the population near 382,000. Birnin Gwari holds 11 wards: Magajin Gari I, Magajin Gari II, Magajin Gari III, Gayam, Kuyello, Kazage, Kakangi, Tabanni, Dogon Dawa, Kutemeshi and Randagi.
Hausa and Gwari farmers grow sorghum, maize and soybeans across the LGA’s savanna terrain. It borders Zamfara and Katsina States to the north, Niger State to the west, and Giwa, Igabi and Chikun LGAs within Kaduna to the east and south.
Since the mid-2010s, armed groups based in the Kuyanbana and Kagara forests have driven repeated displacement across rural Birnin Gwari. Some settlements named in older records may now be seasonal Fulani grazing camps or temporarily unoccupied.
The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames gazetteer and GRID3 settlement data:
- Aduhu
- Ashamagama
- Awaro
- Bagoma
- Bakanike
- Bakinkubau
- Bassawa
- Birnin Gwari
- Bitari
- Bugai
- Chidago
- Dagara
- Dainyamu
- Dakwala
- Damari
- Dandamo
- Dandandi
- Dangangi
- Dawakin Bassa
- Dogon Dawa
- Doka
- Dokan Ruwa
- Dunya
- Ekushe
- Fari
- Farin Batu
- Farin Kassa
- Farin Ruwa
- Funtuan Badadi
- Gagumi
- Gangamai
- Ganong Gari
- Gayam
- Gidan Bala
- Gidan Bawa
- Gidan Bidawa
- Gidan Chigudia
- Gidan Dandamo
- Gidan Dogo
- Gidan Ishiwai
- Gidan Kauyen Bassawa
- Gidan Kubizaro
- Gidan Madawakin Nasarawa
- Gidan Masara
- Gidan Masegi
- Gidan Nawardi
- Gidan Seria
- Goron Dutse
- Goron Dutse Sarki
- Goron-Dutse-Galadima
- Gungama
- Gurikisa
- Gushi
- Gwadabe
- Gwanda
- Gwandara
- Gwaska
- Ijinga
- Imagu
- Ingade
- Iraba
- Ishiwai
- Kabango
- Kagi
- Kakangi
- Kakuni
- Kanawa
- Kanoma
- Karofi
- Karu
- Karwarwari
- Kashua
- Kazage
- Kigana
- Kimbi
- Kiraso
- Kirazo
- Kiryayi
- Kofar Musa
- Konungaia
- Kubau
- Kufita
- Kugi
- Kuki
- Kunun Gayya
- Kurgi
- Kuririga
- Kurmin Sauchi
- Kutemeshi
- Kuyello
- Kwadaga
- Kwaga
- Kwaigan Magaji
- Kwala-Kwangi
- Kwasa-Kwasa
- Kwingi
- Kwona Mutua
- Labi
- Lacha
- Layin Lasan
- Layin Mai Gwari
- Madikal Kwaja
- Maganda
- Magayaki
- Mai Kyasuwa
- Maidangi
- Maidoruwa
- Makera
- Mallam Mudi
- Mallan
- Mamara
- Mando
- Miya-Miya
- Nabayi
- Naganda
- Nasarawa
- New Kuyello
- New Saulawa
- New Tabanni
- Old Birnin Gwari
- Old Gandawa
- Old Kanawa
- Old Kutemeshi
- Old Kuyello
- Old Okombo
- Old Saulawa
- Old Tabanni
- Pankama
- Pasala
- Rafin Bado
- Rafin Gora
- Rafin Kura
- Rafingyeda
- Randagi
- Randeggi
- Ritafi
- Rumana
- Rumana Gwari
- Sabon Gari
- Sabon Kuyelo
- Sabon Layi
- Sabon Ungwan Gwandu
- Saulawa
- Shadadi
- Shado
- Shirigari
- Shirya
- Shuaka
- Shuakan Dawa
- Shuwaka
- Tabanni
- Tandama
- Tarioro
- Tashan Kaji
- Tashan Leda
- Tofa
- Tsauni Liman
- Tudun Jega
- Tudun Raha
- Tudun Wada
- Tungan Adamu
- Tungan Bargwoma
- Tungan Dikko
- Tungan Rafin Taba
- Ukambo
- Ukinkina
- Ukuga
- Ung. Ali Gado
- Ung. Baraje
- Ung. Bilya
- Ung. Chindo
- Ung. Dan Yaya
- Ung. Danko
- Ung. Dogara
- Ung. Dogon Sarki
- Ung. Gajere
- Ung. Gambo
- Ung. Ganda
- Ung. Garaye
- Ung. Gobirawa
- Ung. Gwandu
- Ung. Jaruwa
- Ung. Katsinawa
- Ung. Kiyafa
- Ung. Kumbi
- Ung. Laya
- Ung. Liman
- Ung. Majara
- Ung. Manda
- Ung. Nabango
- Ung. Nacibi
- Ung. Sule Magani
- Ung. Tumu
- Ung. Wusan
- Ung. Zakara
- Ung. Zaman Dagi
- Unguwar Baduku
- Unguwar Dankande
- Unguwar Madaki
- Ungwan Ayuba
- Ungwan Danmasu
- Ungwan Kariya
- Ungwan Madaiki
- Ungwan Seriki
- Ungwan Shekaro
- Ungwan Wakili
- Ungwan-Marafa
- Ushama
- Washiwashu
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