Gabasawa Towns And Villages
Gabasawa is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, in the state’s northern belt bordering Jigawa State. Its headquarters sits at Zakirai, and the LGA takes in eleven wards: Gabasawa, Garun Danga, Joda, Karmami, Mekiya, Tarauni, Yantar Arewa, Yautar Kudu, Yumbu, Zakirai and Zugachi.
The 2006 census counted 211,204 residents across roughly 605 square kilometres. Projections put the 2022 figure near 347,400.
Hausa farmers and traders work the area’s grain and groundnut fields; Zakirai town hosts the LGA’s main market and administrative offices.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, GRID3 settlement data, and the GeoNames gazetteer:
- Asayaya
- Badawa
- Barawa
- Bariya
- Barnawa
- Beru
- Chikawa
- Dadin Duniya
- Dagar
- Digawa
- Doga
- Dorinawa
- Falali
- Fangan
- Fanteku
- Fasawa
- Gabasawa
- Gagarawa
- Galeji
- Gamaryawa
- Gambawa
- Gambawa Kanawa
- Gande
- Garin Malam
- Garun Danga
- Gidilo
- Gumawa
- Gunduwa
- Guruma
- Gwajabe
- Hunbinare
- Jigawa
- Jigoron Kanawa
- Jijitar
- Joda
- Kafamai
- Kagane
- Kajawoni
- Karmami
- Kawo
- Kiyawa
- Kumbo
- Kumbotso
- Kwankwachi
- Kwartawa
- Kwazari
- Larabawa
- Magama
- Malamawa
- Marayar Gawo
- Marayar Kuka
- Masaku
- Mazangudu
- Mazauta
- Mekiya
- Muntsira
- Nasarawa Gandu
- Saiye
- Santsi
- Sauna
- Shana
- Takalmawa
- Tanda
- Tankarau
- Tofai
- Tudun Wada
- Tumbau
- Unguwar Zakarai
- Wadugu
- Waga
- Wailare
- Walawa
- Wasarde
- Yadai
- Yamar Kanawa
- Yandake
- Yangizo
- Yangwan
- Yantar Arewa
- Yaranchi
- Yarkanya
- Yarzabaina
- Yautar Arewa
- Yautar Kudu
- Yumbu
- Zakirai
- Zugachi
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