Dutse LGA Towns And Villages
Dutse LGA is the capital of Jigawa State in northern Nigeria, sitting at 11.756°N, 9.339°E on the state’s eastern edge. It covers 11 wards — Abaya, Chamo, Dundubus, Duru, Jigawar Tsada, Kachi, Karnaya, Kudai, Limawa, Madobi and Sakwaya — with a population of 251,135 at the 2006 census and a 2022 projection near 431,800 (citypopulation.de).
Dutse town holds the seat of the Jigawa State Government, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State Polytechnic and the state secretariat complex. Beyond the town centre, Dutse LGA’s wards are largely rural, covering scores of Hausa farming hamlets, Fulani settlements and market villages. The township postal code is 720101.
The list below covers 160 wards, quarters and villages verified against the 2015 INEC Polling Unit directory, GRID3 Nigeria settlement data and GeoNames.
- Abanderi
- Abaya
- Alajeri
- Alemi
- Ariri
- Bakawa
- Bakin Jeji
- Bakin Ruwa
- Baranda
- Barandau
- Barangu
- Bashori
- Birnin Gija
- Biskin
- Botai
- Buju Cikin Gari
- Bukka
- Burtulan
- Chai-Chai
- Chamo
- Chamo Kofar Yamma
- Chamo Sabon Gari
- Dadin Duniya
- Dagwaje
- Danmaraya
- Danmasara
- Dantauya
- Darau
- Darau N. Musa
- Digawa (Chamo)
- Dogon Jeji
- Dubeni
- Duhuwa (Abaya)
- Duhuwa (Duru)
- Dundubus
- Dungulmi
- Duru
- Dutsawa
- Fagoji
- Fanisau
- Gabari
- Gadadin
- Gadarawa
- Galadanci
- Galadimawa (Jigawar Tsada)
- Galamawa
- Gandu (Jigawar Tsada)
- Gandu (Limawa)
- Gandu (Sakwaya)
- Garu
- Gawo
- Gidan Dubu
- Gidan Dugus
- Gidan Ganji
- Gidan Maidawa
- Gidan Tsamiya
- Gofai
- Gongo
- Gurungu
- Gwangwar
- Gwari
- Gyabiya
- Hammayayi
- Hausawa
- Ije
- Ilori
- Irwa
- Isari
- Jabewa
- Jama’ar Gide
- Jangara
- Jaudi
- Jidawa
- Jigawar Barde
- Jigawar Dole
- Jigawar Habuba
- Jigawar Karo
- Jigawar Tsada
- Kacha (Dundubus)
- Kachi
- Kadusawa
- Kafin Jiba
- Kalusa
- Karawa
- Karfawa
- Kargo
- Karnaya
- Kasarau
- Katangar Lafiya
- Katangare
- Katurje
- Kawaye
- Kirilla
- Kiroro
- Kishin Gawa
- Kudai Gabas
- Kudai Gidan M. Shehu
- Kudai Yamma
- Kudai Zango Barebari
- Kuho
- Kuka Uku
- Kundin Barebari
- Kwadage
- Kwadiya
- Kwaimawa
- Kwarin Makera
- Kyaran
- Lafiya
- Lafiyawo
- Laraba
- Larabawa
- Limawa
- Limawa Baure
- Ma’ai
- Madobi
- Maikishirwa
- Malamawa (Kudai)
- Malori
- Mangada
- Maranjuwa
- Naso
- Rimi
- Rotumo
- Rumbawa
- Ruru
- Ruru Ungwar Galadima
- Ruru Ungwar Madaki
- Sabalari
- Sabon Gari
- Sabon Garin Hara
- Sabon Garin Jabalawa
- Sakwaya
- Sakwayayal
- Samami
- Sararai
- Saya Saya
- Sharifai
- Shuwajo
- Sindi
- Sumore
- Tabobo
- Takur
- Tisa
- Tsatstsagun
- Tudun Wada
- Tungare
- Wangara
- Warwade
- Wurma
- Yalwa (Karnaya)
- Yalwa (Kudai)
- Yalwawa
- Yanjajin Kanawa
- Yarbiri
- Yargaba
- Yina
- Zai Gadadin
- Zango Fado
- Zangon Buji
- Zobiya
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