Karaye Towns And Villages
Karaye is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, and seat of the Karaye Emirate Council. Its headquarters sits at Karaye town, about 90 kilometres southwest of Kano city.
Checked 1 August 2026 · Sources: INEC 2015 polling-unit directory, GeoNames, GRID3
The 2006 census counted 144,045 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 236,900. The LGA covers about 479 square kilometres.
Karaye holds ten wards: Daura, Kafin Dafga, Karaye, Kurugu, Kwanyawa, Tudun Kaya, Turawa, Unguwar Hajji, Yammedi and Yola. The Challawa Gorge Dam sits within the LGA, holding back the Challawa River, a tributary of the Kano River.
The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, and the GRID3 and GeoNames gazetteers:
- Adama
- Bauni
- Citama
- Dadin Kowa
- Dan Zuwa
- Daura
- Daurawa
- Figi
- Jaji
- Kafin Dafga
- Karaye
- Kumbugawa
- Kurugu
- Kwanyawa
- Kyari
- Ma
- Nassarawa
- Sauna
- Tofa
- Tudun Kaya
- Turawa
- Unguwar Dawa
- Unguwar Hajji
- Ungwan Alhazi
- Ungwan Randi
- Yammedi
- Yola
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