Karu Towns And Villages
Karu is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, on the state’s northwestern edge against the Federal Capital Territory. Its headquarters is New Karu, part of the Mararaba-Nyanya urban corridor that spills over from Abuja. The LGA covers roughly 2,640 square kilometres.
The 2006 census counted 216,230 residents; the 2022 projection put the figure near 333,800, one of Nasarawa State’s fastest-growing populations, driven by Abuja’s overspill. Karu holds 11 wards: Aso/Kodape, Agada/Bagaji, Karshi I, Karshi II, Kafin Shanu/Betti, Tattara/Kondoro, Gitata, Gurku/Kabusu, Uke, Panda/Kare and Karu.
Mararaba and New Karu function as dense commuter suburbs of Abuja, while wards such as Aso/Kodape, Agada/Bagaji and Panda/Kare stay rural, with farm settlements and Angwan (quarter) hamlets.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 Nigeria settlement layer and the GeoNames gazetteer.
- Aba
- Abui
- Agada
- Ago
- Akwap
- Angwa Koyo
- Angwan Alura
- Angwan Chediya
- Angwan Garba
- Angwan Gwandara
- Angwan Mallam
- Angwan Pa Iche
- Angwan Saaka
- Angwan Toni
- Angwan Tsokwa
- Ankara
- Ankoma
- Ankuta
- Ashot
- Aso
- Aso Pada
- Aso Tudun Wada
- Badiko
- Bagaji
- Bagoje
- Baikin Kogi
- Bakin Ado
- Betti
- Bunkuso
- Chakuwa
- Dagbadna
- Dangwa
- Dauduwa
- Dogon Daji Karu
- Dorowa
- Ebba
- Gaibo
- Garamba
- Gardi
- Gataku
- Gauta
- Gidan Amari
- Gidan Biri
- Gidan Dogo Karu
- Gidan Gida
- Gidan Kako
- Gidan Kura
- Gidan Magaji
- Gidan Mudu
- Gidan Okara
- Gidan Rago
- Gitata
- Gora
- Gunduma
- Gurku
- Gurku Gwandara
- Gurku Gwari
- Gwagwa
- Gwallaji
- Gwaya
- Idon
- Jaba Panda
- Jankanwa
- Jeje
- Jijipe
- Kabusu
- Kaffin-Sanu
- Kajari Hill
- Kakanya
- Kare
- Karshi
- Karu
- Kasani
- Katanyi
- Kawo
- Kefin Shanu
- Kodape
- Kogintaro Koro
- Kogo Masha
- Kondoro Hausa
- Kondoro Koro
- Kondoro Yeskwa
- Koso
- Koya
- Kubang
- Kube
- Kubobbagi
- Kuchikau
- Kuda
- Kuda Yeskwa
- Kugwaru
- Kukan
- Kukuri
- Kurafe
- Kurape
- Kurmin Giwa
- Kwagiri
- Kwaso
- Kwatarma
- Madubi
- Madugu
- Malmara
- Mararaba
- Masaka
- Murai
- Nike
- Nyanya Gwandara
- Nyanyan Gbagyi
- Panda
- Pankurege
- Panugbe
- Piyanko Bole
- Rafin Kinara
- Rafin Pah
- Roguwa
- Sabon Gida
- Saka
- Shamaki
- Shinkafa
- Takalafia
- Tanga
- Tatara
- Tsakani
- Tudu Uku
- Uke
- Umburma
- Yelwa
- Zanzara
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