Jema’a Towns And Villages
Jema’a is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria, in the state’s southern belt. Its headquarters sits at Kafanchan. The area covers about 1,384 square kilometres, bounded by the Amere river to the northwest and the Sanga (Kogum) river to the southeast.
The 2006 census counted a population of 278,202. A 2022 projection put the figure near 411,000. Jema’a holds 12 wards: Asso, Atuku, Bedde, Gidan Waya, Godogodo, Jagindi, Kafanchan ‘A’, Kafanchan ‘B’, Kagoma, Kaninkon, Maigizo ‘A’ and Takau ‘B’.
Atyuku, Fantswam, Gwong, Nikyob, Nindem and Nyankpa are among the ethnic groups native to Jema’a, alongside Atyap, Bajju, Hausa and Fulani communities. Farmers grow cotton, peanuts and ginger as cash crops, and corn, millet and sorghum for subsistence. Godogodo has a disused tin-mine tunnel. Jema’a borders Sanga, Kaura and Jaba within Kaduna State, and Plateau and Nasarawa States to the south and east.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames gazetteer and the GRID3 settlement dataset:
- Aduwan
- Afana Kagoma
- Akau
- Ambam
- Amere
- Amere North
- Andaha
- Angola
- Antang
- Arak
- Aso
- Atuku
- Atuku Tozo
- Audi
- Baiya
- Bakin Kogi
- Banauje
- Baraki
- Chok I
- Dalle
- Dangoma
- Dangwa
- Dogon Awo
- Dogon Fili
- Fadan Kagoma
- Farin-Hawa
- Fido
- Fulani Fori
- Gabi
- Gada
- Gakiya
- Galadima
- Galadima Goska
- Garti
- Gauta
- Gidan Waya
- Gigira
- Gindin Dutse
- Godogodo
- Golkofa
- Goska
- Hayin Gada
- Jagindi
- Jagindi Tasha
- Kafanchan
- Kagoma
- Kanock
- Kanufi
- Kanwai
- Karamin Gada
- Kataknzu’u
- Katsak
- Kato
- Kibam
- Kiti
- Kogum Dutse
- Kogum Tasha
- Kogum Tsakiya
- Kurmin Zaki
- Kwarbai
- Ma’adam
- Mailafiya
- Majidadi
- Mante
- Marmara
- Mile One
- Nandu
- Nimbia
- Ninte
- Nisama
- Njebi
- Nko
- Nungu
- Paki
- Pasa Kwari
- Patake
- Rafin Dadi
- Railway Station
- Ramin-Dop
- Sabon Gari
- Sakiyo
- Sarkin Mada Gabas
- Shuwaka
- Sonje
- Station U/Baki
- Tafan Gida
- Tajak
- Tasha
- Three Quarters
- Tsauni
- Tsintsiya
- Tudun Wada
- Tukun Kasa
- Tunga Fulani
- Unbandoma I
- Ungwan Bakut
- Ungwan Kaje
- Ungwan Lamba
- Ungwan Madaki
- Ungwan Magaji
- Ungwan Maigizo
- Ungwan Markus
- Ungwan Musa Kognet
- Ungwan Ninzam
- Ungwan Rago
- Ungwan Rana
- Ungwan Tabo
- Ungwan Tanko
- Unguwan Waziri
- Unguwar Alkali
- Unguwar Baki
- Unguwar Fari
- Unguwar Habu
- Unguwar Igah
- Unguwar Jaba
- Unguwar Madaki
- Unguwar Mangoro
- Unguwar Masara
- Unguwar Somi
- Unguwar Toro
- Vola Kariyo
- Wazo
- Wunti
- Yanga
- Yashim
- Zankan Kwano
- Zankan Sarki
- Zikpak
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