Gaya Towns And Villages
Gaya is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, about 70 kilometres southeast of Kano city. Its headquarters is the town of Gaya. The area covers about 613 square kilometres.
The 2006 census counted 207,419 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 341,100. Gaya holds ten wards: Balan, Gaya Arewa, Gaya Kudu, Gamarya, Gamoji, Kademi, Kazurawa, Maimakawa, Shagogo and Wudilawa.
Hausa-speaking farmers and traders work the area’s Kano River floodplain, growing rice, onions and vegetables. Gaya town itself, split between its Arewa (north) and Kudu (south) wards, sits on the historic trade route toward Kano and Jigawa. It borders Albasu and Ajingi within Kano State, and Kiyawa in Jigawa State.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records and the GRID3 Nigeria settlement gazetteer:
- Agundawa
- Aku
- Alagarna
- Alawa
- Alkala
- Amarawa
- Argida
- Asayaya
- Bagoge
- Balan
- Bangashe
- Bayawa
- Burji
- Chikulo
- Chiranchi
- Dabkai Babba
- Dabkai Karama
- Dabo Kanka
- Dagarawa
- Danbaida
- Darai
- Dashina
- Dogarai
- Dozin
- Dumawa
- Fanidau
- Fasau
- Filiki
- Gaci
- Galadimawa
- Gale
- Gamarya
- Gamoji
- Gaya
- Gidan Sarkin Noma
- Gomo
- Gori
- Gul
- Gunda
- Gungara
- Gyanawa
- Handawaki
- Harunawa
- Hausawa
- Injiwa
- Ishifawa
- Jahunawa
- Jamar Fulani
- Janki
- Jemagu
- Jibawa
- Jigal
- Jigawa
- Jobe
- Kabu
- Kadani
- Kademi
- Kael
- Kalahaddi
- Kanfaci
- Kano Lafiya
- Kassai
- Kaura
- Kauyas
- Kazurawa
- Kembo
- Kera
- Kofar Gabari
- Kofar Saro
- Kunnawa
- Kuntaru
- Kurna
- Kurta
- Larau
- Lasanawa
- Lautai
- Lemon Dan-Iya
- Lochi
- Madakanchi
- Maimakawa
- Matamawa
- Matsawa
- Maza Goma
- Moda
- Muna Muna
- Musabar
- Rafin Kofa
- Rinda Tozo
- Rura
- Saya Saya
- Shabewa
- Shagogo
- Sharifai
- Sharifawa
- Shaura
- Sindi
- Sosai
- Tambuli
- Tani
- Tauti
- Tsaida
- Tsohuwar Tsangaya
- Tudun Wada
- Unguwar Fawa
- Unguwar Gyada
- Unguwar Kaya
- Unguwar Kofa
- Unguwar Mahaukaci
- Wudilawa
- Yan Albarka
- Yan Audu
- Yan Gero
- Yankau
- Yansoro
- Yola
- Yuwa
- Zambur
- Zango
- Zango Ita
- Zanguwa
- Zobe
- Zorama
See a wrong or missing town? Report a problem with this list