Kaugama Towns And Villages

Kaugama is a Local Government Area in the northern portion of Nigeria’s Jigawa State, with its headquarters at Kaugama town. The LGA covers an area of 883 km2 and had a population of 128,981 at the 2006 census, projected to 221,800 by 2022.

The list below draws on the INEC 2015 Polling Unit Directory, GRID3 settlement data and GeoNames, and replaces an earlier list that carried only 10 names, several of them corrupted spellings.

Names are sourced from INEC ward records, GRID3 and GeoNames; see the LGA’s ward structure (Arbus, Askandu, Dabuwaran, Dakaiyawa, Hadin, Ja’e, Jarkasa, Kaugama, Marke, Unguwar Jibrin, Yalo) for local grouping.

  1. Admin Gaso
  2. Albashi
  3. Arbus
  4. Askandu
  5. Barbawa
  6. Bayin Kwari
  7. Bayin Tudu
  8. Bobori
  9. Bultuwa
  10. Chinamari
  11. Chinguliski
  12. Dabuwaran
  13. Dakaiyawa
  14. Dalarin
  15. Danzabiya
  16. Darmomuwa
  17. Dawai-Dawai
  18. Dodorin Girbobo
  19. Dodorin Malam Abdu
  20. Dogon Ganji
  21. Duduri
  22. Dumbari
  23. Dusare
  24. Gakori
  25. Gangara
  26. Garangari
  27. Gareru
  28. Garin Babale
  29. Garin Bagudu
  30. Garin Jibo
  31. Girbobo
  32. Gwalerima
  33. Hadin
  34. Idon Zakara
  35. Ja’e
  36. Jalomi
  37. Jarkasa
  38. Kambariwa
  39. Kandalari
  40. Kanoke
  41. Kantamari
  42. Kanwar Gamawa
  43. Kanya
  44. Kaugama
  45. Kaugama Lungu
  46. Kofar Bulama
  47. Kota
  48. Kugara
  49. Kukar
  50. Kukar Kwance
  51. Kukuri
  52. Kwandiga
  53. Mahauta
  54. Maifari
  55. Maikyari
  56. Maileri
  57. Maina Bindi
  58. Malam Isa
  59. Manda
  60. Manda Maikanwa
  61. Manlafiya
  62. Manta
  63. Marke
  64. Marma
  65. Masama
  66. Motso
  67. Musari
  68. Rakwata
  69. Rangyana
  70. Sabon Gari Baduma
  71. Sabon Gari Kankanba
  72. Sarki Isa
  73. Sharkawa
  74. Taura Babba
  75. Taura Gabas
  76. Tsamiya Goma
  77. Turmi
  78. Ubba
  79. Unguwar Jibrin
  80. Yallaiman
  81. Yalo
  82. Yarda Babba
  83. Zaburan
  84. Zingaran