Hawul Towns And Villages

Hawul is a Local Government Area in southern Borno State, one of four LGAs that make up the Biu Emirate alongside Biu, Bayo and Kwaya Kusar. Its headquarters sits at Azare, in Kwajjafa district.

The 2006 census counted 120,733 people across Hawul’s 2,098 km²; the 2022 projection puts the figure at 176,900. The area’s main postal code is 603106, with Sakwa (603105) and Kwaya Bura (603112) carrying their own district codes. Hon. Yusuf Mamman Msheliza serves as Executive Chairman.

Hawul groups its settlements into three traditional districts — Sakwa, Kwajjafa and Kwaya Bura — matching the LGA’s twelve INEC wards. Below is the list of towns and villages, checked against INEC’s 2015 polling-unit directory, GeoNames, OSM and GRID3 records; 45 further settlements confirmed by two or more independent sources but not yet mapped to a specific district appear in a fourth section.

Sakwa District

  • Agga Bura
  • Azare Piti
  • Azare Tasha
  • Bantali
  • Bayu
  • Bilatum
  • Bindirim
  • Bubalkwi
  • Buma
  • Bwala Katsina
  • Bwalikatau
  • Chata
  • Dagiza
  • Damudanaka
  • Dikira
  • Dulmi
  • Duthalang
  • Dzaku
  • Fuma
  • Galdimari
  • Garkwi
  • Ghuma
  • Giraba
  • Grassa
  • Gum
  • Gumbir
  • Gwanga
  • Gwanzang
  • Gwaski
  • Gyarha
  • Hema
  • Huba
  • Humusu
  • Hyentira
  • Jara
  • Kida
  • Kingging
  • Kirkidang
  • Labu
  • Lakshari
  • Larasiki
  • Lokoja
  • Malang
  • Marama
  • Mbirti
  • Mbulatawiwi
  • Mimithu
  • Mindi
  • Ndirsha
  • Nduraku
  • Ngassam
  • Ngilangshimtu
  • Ngumshim
  • Ngwa
  • Pakilama
  • Pama
  • Pelakitsa
  • Pella Olla
  • Pirkisu
  • Posira
  • Purkutum
  • Pusda
  • Puzimbir
  • Sabon Gari
  • Sakwa
  • Sakwa Bura
  • Samari
  • Tanga Rahi
  • Thlakwa
  • Tong
  • Tsahuyam
  • Turkuta
  • Tuwakari
  • Wabara
  • Warni
  • Whitambaya
  • Wida
  • Wuyaku
  • Yalmatamta
  • Yaulari
  • Yelwa
  • Yimirshika
  • Zabu
  • Zali
  • Zange
  • Zham

Kwajjafa District

  • Azare
  • Bamjigil
  • Bwala
  • Chakidamari
  • Dangula
  • Dibarmi
  • Dira
  • Fuma
  • Gauza
  • Ghung
  • Gwalam
  • Gwazahar
  • Harang
  • Hizhi
  • Hyera
  • Hyera Central
  • Jibhuwhi
  • Kirmi
  • Koguma Gira
  • Kukurupu
  • Kumba
  • Kunar Ngwa
  • Kwagu
  • Kwagu Shar
  • Kwajjafa
  • Mbwakva
  • Pela Chiroma
  • Pela Thlabu
  • Puba
  • Saboda Allah
  • Sabon Gari
  • Shaffa
  • Shinduffu
  • Subwang
  • Taboksha
  • Tashan Alade
  • Tawasu
  • Timpir
  • Tiraku
  • Wakdam
  • Walama
  • Yelwa
  • Yimana

Kwaya Bura District

  • Bila
  • Buba Kayamda
  • Chokthlatku
  • Damchoba
  • Durkwa
  • Dusu
  • Kuba
  • Kwaya Bura
  • Minta
  • Ndiragina
  • Pirtha
  • Shittikam
  • Tanga Ramta
  • Tashan Gauta
  • Tilla
  • Vinadam

Other Verified Settlements

The following settlements are confirmed by at least two independent sources (GRID3, GeoNames, or the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory) but could not be matched to one of Hawul’s three traditional districts with confidence, so they are listed separately rather than assigned to the wrong district.

  • Bakundum
  • Bulama Abdullahi
  • Buzuku
  • Dalwa
  • Dangisa
  • Deba
  • Debiro
  • Dizarpoa
  • Dzamtikar
  • Dzar
  • Gadina
  • Gaidam
  • Gelavirwa
  • Girim
  • Gundu
  • Gwamya
  • Hamna
  • Hena
  • Hiru
  • Jalingo
  • Kadama
  • Koguwulatu
  • Kundiring
  • Kwaramba
  • Lema
  • Mbuma Hamtamnya
  • Merama
  • Moram
  • Mulbiya
  • Ngabu
  • Pashi
  • Pirda
  • Rabasu
  • Riba
  • Samunaka
  • Sapara
  • Tasha Ngwa
  • Tawosu
  • Teba
  • Teti
  • Tibdibi
  • Tukuya
  • Wadar
  • Wurti
  • Yimirkila