Kala/Balge Towns And Villages

Kala/Balge is a Local Government Area in Borno State, Nigeria, and the country’s easternmost LGA, on the border with Cameroon. Its headquarters is the town of Rann, roughly 200 kilometres east of Maiduguri. The area covers about 1,896 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 60,834 residents. The 2022 projection puts the figure near 89,100. The postal code is 611.

Kala/Balge is one of sixteen LGAs in the Dikwa Emirate, established in 1902. Hausa, Kanuri and Fulani communities farm and trade across its ten wards: Moholo, Jilbe A, Jilbe B/Koma Kaudi, Jarawa/Sangaya, Kala, Kumaga, Rann A, Rann B/Daima, Mada and Sigal/Karche. Boko Haram fighters attacked Rann in 2014 and 2016; the town has since recovered and hosts a large displaced population.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 NGA Settlement Names gazetteer, GeoNames and OpenStreetMap.

  1. Aba Khalli
  2. Abari
  3. Abdungus
  4. Abun Hali
  5. Adamari
  6. Ahisari
  7. Aka Dabanga
  8. Albinebu
  9. Alkamsa
  10. Ambliya
  11. Amcigo
  12. Ardebe
  13. Ardo Rumeila
  14. Artano
  15. Assaba
  16. Baba Jalki
  17. Balile
  18. Bodo Kouda
  19. Budul
  20. Bukkari
  21. Bula Karabi
  22. Bula-Aminabe
  23. Bulagana
  24. Chagama
  25. Chawa
  26. Chungrimi
  27. Daima
  28. Dakari
  29. Difekir
  30. Digerjiri
  31. Duguma
  32. Dugume
  33. Durbani
  34. Erere
  35. Gabulga
  36. Gilego
  37. Gilgil
  38. Giresari
  39. Gozal Ful
  40. Gujjari
  41. Gulgum
  42. Ham'aras
  43. Hiltalbeher
  44. Hiwa
  45. Holenge
  46. Jarawa
  47. Jilbe
  48. Kadugulo
  49. Kala
  50. Karche Bulamari
  51. Kashidire
  52. Khashkhash
  53. Koma Kaudi
  54. Koma Sabaye
  55. Kudiye
  56. Kulkule
  57. Kumaga
  58. Kumaga Lawanti
  59. Kumba
  60. Kutilax
  61. Lafia
  62. Lefiya
  63. Mada
  64. Madina
  65. Madizo
  66. Magan
  67. Mainari
  68. Makandiri
  69. Malari
  70. Malemiri Kalemiri
  71. Malumri
  72. Manawaji
  73. Mardia
  74. Mariye
  75. Masano
  76. Meleri
  77. Midan
  78. Mika
  79. Misherde
  80. Mogori Gana
  81. Mogori Kuraa
  82. Moholo
  83. Mula
  84. Musari
  85. Nabagaya II
  86. Najiri
  87. Ngaiwa
  88. Ngigo
  89. Njemena
  90. Njimtilo
  91. Ran
  92. Rann
  93. Rann Ajari
  94. Sabba
  95. Sabkara
  96. Sadigo
  97. Sangaya
  98. Seddegiri
  99. Sero
  100. Shelma
  101. Shilo
  102. Sigal
  103. Sigal Lawanti
  104. Supsawa
  105. Suwa
  106. Tikish
  107. Tilam
  108. Tiwa
  109. Tunishe
  110. Utuma
  111. Wuli Kura
  112. Wumbi