Gombe Towns And Villages

Gombe LGA is the state-capital city LGA of Gombe State, seat of the Gombe Emirate under the Lamido of Gombe. The 2006 census recorded a population of 266,844; a 2022 projection put the figure at 446,800. Gombe LGA covers 52 km².

Fulani residents make up more than half the LGA’s population, alongside the Bolewa, Tera, Waja, Lunguda and Hausa peoples. Because Gombe LGA is the built-up state capital rather than a rural area, its “towns and villages” are the city’s eleven wards and the named quarters within them, not separate outlying settlements.

Key facts
StateGombe State
HeadquartersGombe (state capital; seat of the Gombe Emirate)
Wards11
Population (2006 census)266,844
Population (2022 projection)446,800
Area52 km²
Towns and villages listed23

The list below was checked against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit directory for Gombe LGA, the GRID3 Nigeria settlement dataset, GeoNames, and Wikipedia’s ward listing for Gombe city:

  1. Ajiya
  2. Bajoga
  3. Boggo Shawara
  4. Bolari East
  5. Bolari West
  6. Checheniya
  7. Dawaki
  8. Gabukka
  9. Herwagana
  10. Jauro Abare
  11. Jauro Maina
  12. Jekadafari
  13. Kumbiya-Kumbiya
  14. Liji
  15. Malam Inna
  16. Malam Kuri
  17. Manawashi
  18. Nasarawa
  19. Pantami
  20. Shamaki
  21. Tudun Wada
  22. Ungwan Doma
  23. Yalenguruza