Magumeri Towns And Villages

Magumeri is a Local Government Area in Borno State, Nigeria, about 45 kilometres north of Maiduguri along the road to Nganzai and Monguno. Its headquarters is the town of Magumeri. The area covers roughly 4,856 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 140,257 residents. A 2022 projection put the population near 205,500. Magumeri holds 13 wards, including Ardo Ram, Ayi/Yasku, Borno Yesu, Furram, Gaji Ganna I, Gaji Ganna II, Hoyo/Chin Gowa, Kalizoram/Banoram, Kareram, Kubti, Magumeri, Ngamma and Ngubala. The postal code for the LGA is 602104.

Kanuri farming and fishing communities make up most of Magumeri, with Shuwa Arab and Babur clusters in parts of the area. The insurgency in northeastern Nigeria displaced residents from several villages here after 2013, and some settlements listed below have not fully resettled.

This list was checked against the GRID3 NGA Settlement Names dataset, GeoNames, the INEC 2015 Polling Unit Directory for Borno State, OpenStreetMap and local community sources.

  1. Aba Goderi
  2. Ajari
  3. Ali Gajiri
  4. Ambolu
  5. Ambudu
  6. Ardoram
  7. Bam Chira'a
  8. Bamma
  9. Banoram
  10. Borno Yesu
  11. Bukar Majiri
  12. Bukr Kimeri
  13. Bulabulin
  14. Busuguna
  15. Chin Gowa
  16. Dusuwa
  17. Fantamiri
  18. Furram
  19. Gabchari
  20. Gabtaru
  21. Gajiganna
  22. Ganamari
  23. Geske
  24. Ghuskur
  25. Gombarambo
  26. Gorigiri
  27. Grema Abduri
  28. Gwadaram
  29. Hassanari
  30. Hoyo
  31. Jaddadari
  32. Jakanari
  33. Ka'ashiya
  34. Kaliari
  35. Kalizoram
  36. Kar Nowa
  37. Karasuram
  38. Kareram Dungari
  39. Kasugula
  40. Kawia
  41. Kupti
  42. Kupti Sumari
  43. Kurmeri
  44. Kuwami
  45. Ladi Isa Ngudiye
  46. Magumeri
  47. Mal Kurri
  48. Malamari
  49. Malari
  50. Mallam Mairari
  51. Mallum Musari
  52. Mangungum
  53. Maramari
  54. Modu Kurari
  55. Monoram Gulimiri
  56. Mursala
  57. Ngabarawa
  58. Ngamma
  59. Ngollomari
  60. Ngubala
  61. Ngumari
  62. Ngurmai
  63. Nilo
  64. Nyam-Nyammaram
  65. Risugua
  66. Shashiya
  67. Shettimari
  68. Subunum
  69. Sugunti
  70. Suriaretin
  71. Titiwa
  72. Umarari
  73. Wuryemiri
  74. Yasku
  75. Zunfur