Nasarawa Towns And Villages
Nasarawa LGA sits in central Nasarawa State, on the north bank of the Okwa, a Benue River tributary. Its headquarters is Nasarawa town, an old emirate seat with roughly 31,000 residents. The LGA had 187,220 people at the 2006 census, projected to about 289,000 by 2022.
Nasarawa town was founded in 1835 by Umaru Makama Dogo, a Fulani official who broke from Keffi and built the settlement as the seat of a new emirate in Eloyi (Afo) territory. The emirate later paid allegiance to Zaria before submitting to British rule in 1900, and the LGA spent 1976 to 1996 under Plateau State before Nasarawa State was created.
Verified against the INEC 2015 Polling Unit directory for Nasarawa LGA’s 15 registration areas (Udenin Gida, Akum, Udenin, Loko, Tunga/Bakono, Guto/Aisa, Nasarawa North, Nasarawa East, Nasarawa Central, Nasarawa Main Town, Ara I, Ara II, Laminga, Kanah/Ondo/Apawu and Odu), GeoNames Nigeria admin2 26009, and GRID3 NGA Settlement Names, cross-checked against the LGA’s citypopulation.de table.
- Abagu-Ikpe
- Afura
- Agam
- Agatu
- Agazo
- Agbadu-Akpata
- Agbamudu
- Agbogana
- Agbolo Seya
- Agboshiwo
- Ago
- Aguba
- Agwada
- Aisa
- Ajaga
- Ajigwara
- Akum
- Amaku
- Ambu
- Andu Wayo
- Angewa
- Apawu
- Ara
- Araba
- Awakwa
- Ayele
- Aza
- Azabutu
- Bakono
- Birago
- Bokoko
- Dansa
- Dogon Dutse
- Eka Kasuwa
- Endo
- Eyenu Omala
- Gofa
- Gudige Sabo
- Gunki
- Guto
- Gwanja
- Hamsin Hamsin
- Iggah
- Iggah Kwata
- Illa
- Iminyi
- Ingiri Eka
- Ittah
- Kabawa-Adikwu
- Kairi
- Kama Oto
- Kana
- Kawo
- Koba
- Kpandara
- Kurmin Majigi
- Kurudu
- Kuvo
- Kwanda
- Kwandara
- Laminga
- Loko
- Mararaba
- Mararaban Ara
- Marmara
- Nahuche
- Nasarawa Town
- Obeni-Eka
- Odu
- Odurugbo
- Ogana-Adagba
- Ogapa
- Ogeni
- Ogobo
- Oguba
- Ogum
- Ogundo
- Ogupa
- Okpamu-Ari
- Okpanu
- Olonya
- Ombi
- Ombi Ogapa
- Onda
- Onda-Kadu
- Origo-Numaba
- Oriki
- Oshikpe
- Oshugu
- Pesseli
- Rafin Gabas
- Sabon Gari
- Sabon Gida Agbago
- Sabon Layi
- Shamage
- Tammah
- Tulluwa
- Tunga
- Ubbe
- Udegen Kasa
- Udegi
- Udegi Beki
- Udenin
- Udenin Gida
- Ugi Majowel
- Ukeshi
- Ungwan Dalhatu
- Ungwan Gangaren Bage
- Ungwan Girku
- Ungwan Habu
- Ungwan Hausawa
- Ungwan Madaki
- Ungwan Magaji Gari
- Ungwan Maireke
- Ungwan Makama
- Ungwan Mallam
- Ungwan Mallam Hassan
- Ungwan Michael
- Ungwan Pakaci
- Ungwan Sarkin Pada
- Ungwan Sarkin Yaki
- Ungwan Wada
- Ungwan Waziri
- Usari
- Useni
- Usha Kadun
- Ushan Bissa
- Ushata
- Yelwan Bawa
- Zagwan-Daji
- Zankun Bello
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