Gwer East/Gwer West Towns And Villages
Gwer East and Gwer West are two Local Government Areas in Benue State, Nigeria. Gwer East’s headquarters sits at Aliade; Gwer West’s at Naka. The 2006 census counted 168,660 residents in Gwer East (2022 projection 243,500) and 122,313 in Gwer West (2022 projection 176,600).
Checked 19 July 2026 · Sources: INEC 2015 polling-unit directory, GeoNames, GRID3
The Tiv people organise the area into five traditional districts spanning both LGAs: Ingohov, Njiriv, Raav, Mbakpa and Yonov. Gwer West’s chairman is Hon. Ormin Torsar Victor.
The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 settlement gazetteer and GeoNames:
Ingohov District
- Agbadi
- Ainu
- Aliade
- Chia
- Gbuka
- Gigi
- Itogo-Ekingo
- Mangel
- Okukukwu
- Tse Agbe
- Ukpute
Njiriv District
- Aba
- Agono
- Ajukum
- Ameche
- Aondoana
- Ate
- Dagi
- Dura
- Gaadi
- Garji
- Howe
- Ikyogbajir
- Maga
- Orga
- Ortserga
- Shawa
- Taraku
- Tse Biaga
- Tse Ikyo
- Ugee
- Ugesa
- Ukpar
- Ukyari
- Unande
- Zauka
Raav District
- Achagh
- Achav
- Achu
- Adum
- Agbakwa
- Ajigba
- Akume
- Aondona
- Atukpu
- Bunaka
- Gbande
- Gbinde
- Jimba
- Naka
- Oga
- Shaga
- Tomatar
- Tse Angyo
- Tseapenda
- Udam
- Usar
- Zenga
Mbakpa District
- Adudu
- Agagbe
- Agberagba
- Anyamile
- Api
- Audu
- Byer
- Enger
- Gebe
- Go
- Igbor
- Ikyande
- Maandaki
- Mbachila
- Mbaiov
- Nagi
- Sengev
- Tongov
- Ududu
- Yagba
- Yueh
- Zeku
Yonov District
- Adetsav
- Agbede
- Akawe
- Ayar
- Ayati
- Biem
- Dogo
- Ikpayongo
- Kpam
- Kura
- Mase
- Mbabuande
- Mbaikyu
- Mbakaha
- Mbasombo
- Moi-Igbo
- Nev
- Shanna
- Tse Aduku
- Tse Punushu
- Tse-Kyula
- Tse-Vava
- Tsejir
- Tseushir
- Yonov
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