Dawakin Tofa Towns And Villages
Dawakin Tofa is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, about 15 kilometres northwest of Kano city. Its headquarters sits at Dawaki (Dawakin Tofa town), split administratively into the Dawaki East and Dawaki West wards. The area covers roughly 479 square kilometres.
The 2006 census counted 247,875 residents. The LGA has eleven wards: Danguguwa, Dawaki East, Dawaki West, Dawanau, Ganduje, Gargari, Jalli, Kwa, Marke, Tattarawa and Tumfafi.
Dawanau ward hosts the Dawanau International Grain Market, one of the largest grain markets in West Africa. Farming, grain trade and Fulani cattle-rearing camps dominate the LGA’s rural wards.
The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, and the GeoNames and GRID3 settlement gazetteers:
- Alako
- Alkamawa
- Alkausara
- Amarawa
- Babban Ruga
- Bagadawa
- Bakin Hago
- Bakin Kasuwa
- Bambarawa
- Bankaura
- Bansarki
- Basake
- Bashirgi
- Bokawa
- Burun Tumau
- Chedi
- Chedi Babbar Riga
- Chedi Maidala
- Dagarma
- Dambazau
- Dan Amar
- Dan Itace
- Danbaje
- Dandalama
- Daneji
- Danfamin Barguma
- Danfamin Tofa Keba
- Danguguwa
- Dangwalje
- Danjurai
- Dankomo
- Danruman
- Dawanau
- Diwanya
- Dungurawa
- Fagen Kawo
- Fango
- Gale
- Gamre
- Ganduje
- Gargari
- Gauraki
- Geza
- Gudau
- Gumgumawa
- Gwanji
- Hardando
- Jahunawa
- Jajira
- Jalli
- Jama’ar Gabas
- Jauben Marke
- Jemomi
- Jobi
- Juji
- Kabi
- Kadawa
- Kalebawa
- Kaleku
- Kanawa
- Karambani
- Karas
- Katoge
- Katsalle
- Keba Tudu
- Kida
- Kirya
- Kofar Fada
- Kofar Gabas
- Kofar Kudu
- Kofar Yamma
- Kundawa
- Kundoso
- Kunnawa
- Kwa
- Kwidawa
- Madachi
- Makada
- Makera
- Maratayi
- Marke
- Munkebe
- Nahuche
- Nakawo
- Nasarawa
- Rawaki
- Rigar Rimi
- Rinji
- Romi
- Rumfaku
- Sabaru
- Sabon Gari
- Sabon Gari Bagadawa
- Sabuwar Kaduna
- Saisai
- Sako
- Sani Bere
- Sarauniya
- Sarkakiya
- Tagama Fulani
- Tattarawa
- Tauraro
- Tsarauta
- Tukura
- Tumfafi
- Unguwar Bashari
- Unguwar Fara
- Unguwar Gado
- Unguwar Liman
- Unguwar Malam
- Unguwar Mata
- Unguwar Rimi
- Unguwar Yakubu
- Waddau
- Walawa
- Yakasai
- Yalladan
- Yankuni
- Yanrutu
- Yanshado
- Yaratu
- Yarkanya
- Yolai
- Zangon Dawanau
- Zangon Mata
- Zaura
- Zogarawa
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