Goronyo Towns And Villages
Goronyo is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, northwestern Nigeria, on the Sokoto River roughly 80 kilometres east of Sokoto city. Its headquarters is Goronyo town, downstream of the Goronyo Dam. The area covers about 1,704 square kilometres.
The 2006 census counted 182,118 residents; the 2022 projection put the figure near 314,300. Goronyo has 11 wards: Goronyo, Giyawa, Boyeka, Kagara, Kwakwazo, Kojiyo, Rimawa, Shinaka, S/Gari Dole/Dan/Tasakko, Birjingo and Takakume. Sabon Gari Dole is Ward 09’s headquarters and Boyekai (Boyeka I) is another ward centre. Farming, fishing and dry-season irrigation around the dam’s reservoir drive the local economy.
The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames gazetteer and GRID3 settlement data for Sokoto State.
- Ambarura
- Awakala
- Bala Kozo
- Balla
- Bijeje
- Birjingo
- Boyekai
- Bugaje
- Bukka Hamsin
- Dan Tasakko
- Dangaruko
- Danjiro
- Dansulba
- Dantudu
- Danwaru
- Darbabiya
- Dawakawa
- Doliyal
- Duba Jalo
- Duba Sarikin Pawa
- Duban-Fulani
- Fadama
- Fadarawa
- Falalia
- Faringida
- Furagirke
- Gadon Mata
- Gamihar Huri
- Gamihar Kawara
- Ganza
- Gare
- Gidan Alfa
- Gidan Barau
- Gidan Fako
- Gidan Gaya
- Gidan Gezu
- Gidan Jidi
- Gidan Kwabra
- Gidan Magajiya
- Gidan Mallami
- Gidan Pawa
- Gidan Salihu
- Gidan Tanko
- Gidan-Ango
- Gidan-Maihako
- Gidan-Marafa
- Giyawa
- Gorau
- Goronyo
- Gundumi
- Huda
- Illela
- Kagara
- Kaikazaka
- Kamitau
- Kasarwasar
- Katsira
- Kawadata
- Kawanawa
- Kawara
- Keta
- Kirare
- Kojiyo
- Kubuta
- Kumuniya
- Kunawa
- Kurhiyawa
- Kuri
- Kututturu
- Kwakwazo
- Madatsa
- Maganga
- Mahalba
- Mahurde
- Mairakuma
- Maiyali
- Malaba
- Malafaru
- Mallamawa
- Mariri
- Masari
- Mulela
- Ololi
- Rafingo
- Rimawa
- Riyojin Tanka
- Rumbukawa
- Sabon Gari Dole
- Sakarawa
- Saruwa
- Shinaka
- Shiyar Galadima
- Shiyar Maba
- Shiyar Magaji
- Shiyar Marafa
- Shiyar Noma
- Shiyar Zaki
- Tagamawa
- Takakume
- Takure
- Taloka Badama
- Taloka Gadawa
- Taloka Kanwuri
- Tantarkwai
- Tartila
- Tsohon Garin Boyekai
- Tsohon Garin Dole
- Tsolawo
- Tudu
- Tukayan Musa
- Tukayan Salau
- Tuluski
- Tuluttu
- Warankai
- Yamin Kwabe
- Yardole
- Zamache
- Zangon Sabara
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