Daura Towns And Villages

Daura LGA sits in Katsina State’s far north, on the belt bordering Niger Republic. Daura town, its headquarters, is one of the seven original Hausa city-states (Hausa Bakwai) and a seat of the Daura Emirate. The 2006 census put the LGA’s population at 224,884, projected to 401,900 by 2022.

The LGA covers 11 wards – seven built from Daura town’s own walled quarters (Sarkin Yara A and B, Ubandawaki A and B, Kusugu, Tudun Wada, Sabon Gari) and four covering the rural fringe (Mazoji A and B, Madobi A and B).

Names below are checked against the INEC 2015 polling-unit directory, the GRID3 national settlement layer and the GeoNames gazetteer. The old list ran only 29 names, several badly garbled (one entry spliced two unrelated quarters together); 17 town quarters and rural hamlets confirmed by at least two independent sources were added.

  1. Baruma
  2. Bauni
  3. Bojo
  4. Bunduboki
  5. Daberam
  6. Dangiwa
  7. Danheji
  8. Dannakola
  9. Dunun Gabas
  10. Dunun Yamma
  11. Durgawa
  12. Ganga
  13. Gara
  14. Godai
  15. Gurjiya
  16. Jabu
  17. Jeme
  18. Kalgo
  19. Kamfawa
  20. Kanti
  21. Kurneji
  22. Kusugu
  23. Madabu
  24. Madobi
  25. Majema
  26. Mallamawa
  27. Matsiga
  28. Mazoji
  29. Nasarawa
  30. Rijiyar Dadi
  31. Sabon Gari
  32. Sarkin Yara
  33. Shadambu
  34. Shamadara
  35. Sharawa
  36. Sharifawa
  37. Sudujie
  38. Sukwanawa
  39. Tambu Tudu
  40. Tudun Wada
  41. Turumni
  42. Ubandawaki
  43. Unguwar Kaura
  44. Unguwar Liman
  45. Yamadawa
  46. Zari