Kura Towns And Villages

Kura is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, on the A2 highway south of Kano city. Its headquarters, also called Kura, sits near 11°46′17″N 8°25′49″E.

The 2006 census counted 143,094 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 235,300. The area covers about 206 square kilometres, split into ten wards: Dalili, Dan Hassan, Dukawa, Gundutse, Karfi, Kosawa, Kura, Kurun Sumau, Rigar Duka and Tanawa.

Hausa and Fulani farming communities work the area’s grain fields along the Rafin Kura river. Kura borders Garun Mallam, Madobi and Bunkure within Kano State.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory, GeoNames and the GRID3 settlement gazetteer:

  1. Ajuru
  2. Azoren Waje
  3. Barde
  4. Bauren Tanko
  5. Bawa
  6. Bawada
  7. Chiroma
  8. Dalili
  9. Dan Hassan
  10. Dandali
  11. Danga
  12. Dangwala
  13. Daune
  14. Dokau
  15. Dukawa
  16. Fegin Malu
  17. Gainawa
  18. Gajin Giri
  19. Gamadan
  20. Gangare
  21. Ganuwa
  22. Gargari
  23. Gidan Dan Kauye
  24. Gorubawa
  25. Gundutse
  26. Gwabare
  27. Imawa
  28. Kadani
  29. Karfi
  30. Kirya Kwari
  31. Kosawa
  32. Kunshiyama
  33. Kura
  34. Kurun Sumau
  35. Kwarin Dangana
  36. Makaurata
  37. Mudawa
  38. Rakauna
  39. Rigar Duka
  40. Rimin Daddo
  41. Rimin Kwarya
  42. Sadauki
  43. Sumakai
  44. Takalma
  45. Tanawa
  46. Tofa
  47. Turaki
  48. Ubakarawa
  49. Unguwar Ali
  50. Unguwar Bugu
  51. Unguwar Fawa
  52. Unguwar Gandu
  53. Unguwar Karofi
  54. Unguwar Sarki
  55. Unkuya
  56. Yakasai
  57. Yalwa
  58. Zango