Lafia Towns And Villages

Lafia is Nasarawa State’s capital, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. The 2006 census counted 329,922 residents in Lafia LGA; the 2022 projection put the figure near 509,300.

Lafia town holds the state’s main government offices, the Federal University of Lafia, Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, and Nasarawa United’s home ground, Lafia Township Stadium. The LGA has 13 registration wards: Adogi, Agyaragun Tofa, Bakin Rijiya/Akurba/Sarkin Pada, Arikya, Assakio, Ashigie, Chiroma, Gayam, Keffin/Wambai, Makama, Shabu/Kwandere, Wakwa and Zanwa.

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

  1. Abu
  2. Abudem
  3. Adogi
  4. Agabija
  5. Agbulagu
  6. Agudu
  7. Agyaragu Koro
  8. Agyaragu Yakubu
  9. Agyaragun Tofa
  10. Akodi
  11. Akunza Jarme
  12. Akunza Ubangari
  13. Akunzan Kworo
  14. Akura
  15. Akurba
  16. Akuya
  17. Alakyo
  18. Alawagana
  19. Ambakar
  20. Ambana
  21. Amough
  22. Andasime
  23. Andele
  24. Anene
  25. Ankani
  26. Aridi Kuje
  27. Aridi Usman
  28. Arikya
  29. Arugba
  30. Arugbadu
  31. Asanya
  32. Ashakpa
  33. Ashangwa
  34. Ashigie
  35. Ashigogo
  36. Assakio
  37. Atogwa
  38. Atukwankene
  39. Awuma
  40. Azuba
  41. Bad
  42. Bakin Kogi
  43. Bakin Rijiya
  44. Barikin Abdullahi
  45. Bukan Allu
  46. Bukan Buzu
  47. Bukan Danjima
  48. Bukan Fadama
  49. Bukan Kwaju
  50. Bukan Kwasi
  51. Bukan Kwato
  52. Bukan Madayiki
  53. Bukan Sidi
  54. Bukan Tambari
  55. Bukar Allah
  56. Burumburum
  57. Bwina
  58. Chiroma
  59. Danka
  60. Fadaman Bauna North
  61. Fadaman Bauna South
  62. Feferuwa
  63. Gandu
  64. Gandu Sarki
  65. Gayam
  66. Gidan Keffi
  67. Gidan Mai Akuya
  68. Gimare
  69. Gimare Kosa
  70. Gudu Sarki
  71. Gwayaka
  72. Jibel
  73. Judun Kawaki
  74. Kan Ashara
  75. Kantsakuwa
  76. Kas Doya Bakin Rijiya
  77. Kawaki
  78. Kayarda
  79. Keffin/Wambai
  80. Kiguna
  81. Kireyi
  82. Koron Kuje
  83. Kpanko
  84. Kurikyo
  85. Kwandari
  86. Kwandere
  87. Kyausu
  88. Mallam Salau
  89. Mankwar
  90. Mararaba Kayarda
  91. Murya
  92. Narabi
  93. Rafin Ganye
  94. Randa
  95. Riri
  96. Ruwayo
  97. Sabon Dale
  98. Sabon Gida
  99. Sabon Gidan Kireyi
  100. Shabu
  101. Shara
  102. Shimmar
  103. Takpa
  104. Tudun Mangoro
  105. Tudun Wada
  106. Tungan Daudu
  107. Tungan Nupawa
  108. Ugah
  109. Ukaa
  110. Ungwan Ayaba
  111. Ungwan Bature
  112. Ungwan Galadima
  113. Ungwan Sarkin Noma
  114. Wakwa
  115. Wakwa Alhaji
  116. Wuji
  117. Yanga
  118. Zagyo
  119. Zamalak
  120. Zanwa