Biu Towns And Villages
Biu is a Local Government Area in southern Borno State, Nigeria, and seat of the Biu Emirate. The town was once capital of the Biu kingdom and sits on the Biu Plateau at about 626 metres, in semi-arid country. Babur/Bura, Tera, Marghi, Mina and Fulani communities share the area.
The 2006 census counted 175,760 residents; the 2022 projection put the LGA near 257,500 across roughly 3,165 square kilometres. Biu has 11 wards: Buratai, Dadin Kowa, Dugja, Garubula, Gur, Kenken, Mandara Girau, Miringa, Sulumthla, Yawi and Zarawuyaku. Postal codes run 603101 to 603253.
Farming and herding drive the local economy: cattle, goats and sheep alongside sorghum, millet, maize, cowpea and cotton.
This list was checked against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames and GRID3 settlement gazetteers, and OpenStreetMap.
- Alagarno
- Bam
- Bam Bwala
- Bantini
- Bappa
- Bara
- Berum
- Bima
- Biu
- Brigisam
- Brikuthli
- Bubal Wada
- Bula Makoama
- Bula Mel
- Bulakulo
- Bumbulum
- Bumsa
- Burashika
- Buratai
- Changul
- Chara
- Dadin Kowa
- Dakwima
- Dam
- Daneski
- Debiro West
- Dewa
- Diwar
- Dora
- Dugja
- Duzuwa
- Filin Jirgi Fanus
- Galabinda
- Galdimare
- Garin Mallam Wakil
- Garkida Tawul
- Garubula
- Garwada
- Garwashina
- Gashuwa
- Geidam
- Gufka
- Gunda Ube
- Gur
- Gur Lawan
- Gwaram
- Hizhi Gwaram
- Hong
- Implessa
- Jali Fulani
- Jalingo
- Jugwal
- Kabura
- Kampala
- Kamuya Wuro
- Katsina
- Kenken
- Kimba
- Kimba Chamalwa
- Klare Kuda
- Kore
- Kurnari
- Lareski
- Liya
- Madaki
- Madia
- Mahdiya
- Maiduguri
- Mainahari Bulama
- Mallam Ali
- Mallam Buku
- Mandafuma
- Mandara Abdu I
- Mandara Abdu II
- Mandara Girau
- Mangada
- Mangari
- Mapadi
- Mapi
- Mborowa
- Miringa
- Nafada
- Nasarawa
- Nchiwarkir
- Ngilu
- Nguma
- Njibi
- Nzukuku
- Palma
- Panana
- Piku
- Pompomari
- Sabon Gari
- Sabon Layi
- Shawa
- Sulumthla
- Sura
- Tabra
- Taksak
- Tarfa A
- Tashan Dan Fulani
- Tsahuyam
- Tum
- Usman Dala
- Viu Kuthla
- Waka
- Wakama
- Wara Wara
- Wula Wula
- Wurang
- Yalwa Bariki
- Yamarkumi Bulama
- Yarda
- Yaulari
- Yawi
- Yimirpilasar
- Zara Miringa
- Zarawuyaku
- Zarmari
- Zira
- Zira Bulama Jagwa
- Zira Guduku
- Zuwa
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