Gwagwalada Towns And Villages

Gwagwalada is one of the six area councils of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, about 45 kilometres southwest of Abuja city. The 2006 census counted a population of 158,618 residents across an area of roughly 1,043 km2. Gwagwalada is the traditional headquarters of the Bassa people, whose leader carries the title Aguma.

The area council was created on 15 October 1984, when Gwagwalada was carved out of Kwali District of the old Abuja Emirate. It now covers ten wards: Dobi, Gwagwalada Centre, Gwako, Ibwa, Ikwa, Kutunku, Paiko, Staff Quarters, Tungan Maje and Zuba. The town hosts a mini campus of the University of Abuja and grew fast after the federal government moved to Abuja in 1992; its 2022 population estimate stands near 346,000, with growth rates among the fastest on the continent between 2020 and 2025. Postal code is 902101.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory for the FCT, the GRID3 Nigeria settlement layer, and the GeoNames gazetteer.

  1. Abuchi Gbagi
  2. Abuchi Koro
  3. Alipi
  4. Anagada
  5. Ang Makeri
  6. Angidiyo
  7. Anguwa Bassa
  8. Anguwan Barde
  9. Anguwan Dude
  10. Anguwan Ecwa Church
  11. Anguwan Hausawa
  12. Anguwan Kiyipi
  13. Anguwan Kuta
  14. Anguwan Ladan
  15. Anguwan Sarki
  16. Anguwan Sarki Gurfata
  17. Anguwan Sulepi
  18. Anguwan Tivi
  19. Angwan Dodo
  20. Angwan Karma
  21. Angwan Tiv Anagada
  22. Atope
  23. Azata
  24. Bahago Rugan
  25. Bangwo
  26. Bargada
  27. Chebodna
  28. Chezoko I
  29. Chezoko Ii
  30. Chitumu
  31. Chizako
  32. Dada
  33. Dadabire
  34. Dadabiri
  35. Dagiri
  36. Dako
  37. Dawaki
  38. Dawari
  39. Deshi
  40. Dnalita Maje
  41. Dobi
  42. Dota
  43. Dukpa
  44. Ebwa
  45. Eka
  46. Ekpa
  47. Epe
  48. Gada
  49. Gajabe
  50. Gaje I
  51. Gaje Ii
  52. Garin Auta
  53. Gbagoyita
  54. Gbegbasa
  55. Gbeyea
  56. Ghamgwa
  57. Gidan Alhaji
  58. Gidan Alhaji Bagudu
  59. Gidan Alhaji Saidu Kwalita
  60. Gidan Maiaki
  61. Gidan Shaba
  62. Gidanbi
  63. Giri Makanima
  64. Gnape
  65. Gole
  66. Gora
  67. Goyi
  68. Gudingba
  69. Gunrafia
  70. Gurupe
  71. Gwagwalada
  72. Gwako
  73. Gwako 2
  74. Gwale
  75. Gwamgwam
  76. Gwoi
  77. Gwoi-Obere
  78. Gyebribri
  79. Gyeyita
  80. Ibabban Tsuani
  81. Ibwa
  82. Ibwa 1
  83. Ibwa Padaangwa Sarki
  84. Iddo Sarki
  85. Ika 1
  86. Ikah 2
  87. Ikwa
  88. Isuanin Kura
  89. Izom Fulani
  90. Jalita
  91. Jigape
  92. Jigbodo
  93. Kace
  94. Kaida
  95. Kaida Sabo
  96. Kaida Tsoho
  97. Kassanki
  98. Kutikpali
  99. Kutunku
  100. Kutunku Bassa
  101. Kutunku Tsoho
  102. Kuturko
  103. Kwalita
  104. Kwamuku 1
  105. Kwayimuku 2
  106. Lafia Mbaka
  107. Lafian Bassa
  108. Ledi 1
  109. Ledi 2
  110. Legiri
  111. Lele-Ye-Saba-Basa
  112. Lukuku
  113. Madala
  114. Maje
  115. Margada
  116. Milano Area
  117. Old Katse
  118. Pabeyi
  119. Pabeyi Sariki
  120. Padna
  121. Pagadana
  122. Pai
  123. Paiko
  124. Paikon Kore
  125. Pajana 2
  126. Pako
  127. Pangu Goyi
  128. Pangu Wumi
  129. Pashi
  130. Pate
  131. Pazhana
  132. Pmako
  133. Rafin Zurfi
  134. Rafin Zurfi Anguwa Sarki
  135. Ruga Janu
  136. Rugan Abdullahi
  137. Rugan Alhaji Mairiga
  138. Rugan Alhaji Shehu
  139. Rugan Bahago
  140. Rugan Bussa
  141. Rugan Jibrin
  142. Rugan Madda
  143. Rugan Mallam Musa
  144. Rugan Ore
  145. Rugan Sarkin Fulami Sheda
  146. Rugan Yamma
  147. Runga Idris
  148. Rungan Abubarkar
  149. Rungan Alh Mohammed Adamu
  150. Rungan Gonda
  151. Rungan Ibrahim
  152. Rungan Isa
  153. Rungan Kagana
  154. Rungan Pada
  155. Rungan Wakili
  156. Sabon Gari
  157. Shaga
  158. Shanagu
  159. Shebona
  160. Shinda I
  161. Shinda Ii
  162. Tabe
  163. Takusha
  164. Tapa
  165. Tawegye
  166. Tsauni
  167. Tungan Kaki
  168. Tungan Ladan
  169. Tungan Maje
  170. Tungan Mal Hassan
  171. Uath
  172. Ungwan Gabas
  173. Wagu
  174. Wumi
  175. Wuna
  176. Wuye Wuyi
  177. Yimi
  178. Yimi Machidna
  179. Zhingbado
  180. Zuba