Gagarawa Towns And Villages
Gagarawa is a Local Government Area in Jigawa State, north-western Nigeria. Its headquarters sits at Gagarawa town. The area covers about 654 square kilometres of Sudan-savanna plain.
The 2006 census counted 82,153 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 141,300. Gagarawa holds ten wards: Gagarawa Gari, Gagarawa Tasha, Garin Chiroma, Kore Balatu, Madaka, Maiaduwa, Maikilili, Medu, Yalawa and Zarada.
The Hausa-Fulani are the area’s indigenous population, farming millet, groundnuts, maize and beans. It borders Maigatari to the north, Kaugama to the east, Gumel to the south-east and Taura to the south-west, all within Jigawa State.
The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, and the GeoNames and GRID3 settlement gazetteers:
- Akwai Allah
- Alasawa
- Baraye
- Bausua
- Bula Babba
- Bula Shamaki
- Dan Adama
- Dan Amarya
- Dandidi
- Dannani
- Danmadai
- Furya Gari
- Gagarawa
- Gamji
- Ganji Gari
- Garin Baushe
- Garin Chiroma
- Garin Dutse
- Garin Goto
- Garin Lamo
- Garin Mado
- Gayawar Malam
- Gayawar Tudu
- Gijigami
- Goda
- Gurfeli
- Habatsai
- Jagindi
- Jaftar
- Kabewa
- Kangarwa
- Kanyu
- Karama
- Karya Kaho
- Kore Balatu
- Kore Sabuwa
- Liman Ada
- Madaka
- Mai’Aduwa
- Maijeruwa
- Maikilili
- Maishada
- Maitsintsiya
- Majia
- Makerabu
- Malakwando
- Malam Baki
- Malkaderi
- Medin Laban
- Medin Saleh
- Medu
- Mutumbi
- Nahuce
- Nasarawa
- Sarkin Dare
- Sarkin Gabas
- Soke
- Tudungana
- Unguwar Liman
- Unguwar Wakili
- Yalawa
- Yanhoto
- Zarada
- Zaro
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