Ikara Towns And Villages
Ikara is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria, about 85 kilometres north-east of Zaria. Its headquarters, also called Ikara, sits near 11°11′N 8°14′E.
The 2006 census counted 194,723 residents of Ikara. Projections put the 2022 figure near 287,700. The area covers two traditional districts, Ikara and Paki, split into ten wards: Ikara, Janfala, Kurmin Kogi, Saulawa, Pala, Saya-Saya, Auchan, Rumi, Paki and Kuya.
Hausa and Fulani farming communities work the area’s grain and groundnut fields. Ikara borders Makarfi and Soba within Kaduna State, Kubau to the east, and Kano State across the state line to the north.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory, GeoNames and the GRID3 settlement gazetteer:
- Allah Gaba
- Askale
- Auchan
- Babban Saura
- Chara
- Dan Lawal
- Fadamar Kale
- Furana
- Gidan Abashi
- Gidan Barau
- Gidan Dan Ladi
- Gidan Dazabe
- Gidan Galadima
- Gidan Karowi
- Gidan Liman
- Gidan Mammam
- Gidan Saidu
- Gidan Sarkin Noma Maizuma
- Gimbawa
- Gunduma Gari
- Gwamgwamawa
- Hayin Tura
- Ikara
- Janfalan
- Jibis
- Kankanki
- Kawuri
- Kofar Gabas
- Kofar Kudu
- Kundu
- Kurmin Jau
- Kurmin Kogi
- Kuya
- Kwakwa
- Kwankwani
- Kwari
- Magajin Gari
- Mahanga
- Makurdi
- Malikanchi
- Paki
- Pala
- Pampaida
- Pansamu
- Rafin Tabo
- Rumi
- Sansami
- Saulawa
- Saya-Saya
- Tashan Nabai
- Tsauni Miki
- Turfi
- Ungwan Bakoshi
- Ungwan Galadima
- Ungwan Jaka
- Ungwan Kanawa
- Ungwan Kartau
- Ungwan Madaki
- Ungwan Zangi
- Wambai
- Yalwan Daji
- Yauran
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