Maigatari Towns And Villages
Maigatari is a Local Government Area in Jigawa State, Nigeria, on the international border with the Republic of Niger. The 2006 census recorded a population of 177,057; the 2022 projection put it near 304,500. Maigatari town, the LGA headquarters, sits about 145 kilometres north of Kano and holds a livestock market dating to 1870 that draws traders from Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
The area was part of Kano State until 1991, when the Jigawa state government took over. Hausa and Fulani communities make up most of the population, with Kanuri (Manga) minorities toward the east. Maigatari has 11 registration wards: Balarabe, Dankumbo, Fulata, Galadi, Jajeri, Kukayasku, Madana, Maigatari Arewa, Maigatari Kudu, Matoya and Turbus.
The list below was checked against the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory, GeoNames and GRID3 settlement data. Fulani cattle-camp names (Hardo settlements) common along this border stretch were kept only where two independent sources agreed; single-source camp names were left out.
- Alagarno
- Alhaizai
- Arbus
- Aseyaya
- Babbar Daniya
- Bakawa
- Balarabe
- Banzaram
- Banzari
- Baran Gari
- Burku
- Busuwa
- Daguma
- Dakido
- Danbarno
- Dangwabro
- Dankumbo
- Danmanomi
- Dansama
- Dantakoke
- Dantalle
- Daudari
- Dawar Gada
- Dirani
- Dogon Gawo
- Fagen Kure
- Fulata
- Gago
- Galadi
- Gangara
- Garan Hasan
- Garewa
- Garin Alhaji Abba
- Garin Dauda
- Garin Galadima
- Garin Haru
- Garin Kosau
- Garin Kwalandi
- Garin Ladan
- Garmaka
- Gindin Kura
- Girari
- Hailundolai
- Hana Kango
- Hankaka
- Hardo Bale
- Hardo Beti
- Hardo Gaga
- Hardo Haruna
- Hardo Kato
- Hardo Manu
- Hardo Miliyan
- Hardo Sale
- Hardo Yale
- Hardo Yando
- Jajeri
- Jobi
- Kabara
- Kadaita
- Kama
- Kandawar Bura
- Kangarwa
- Kanka Bakin Ruwa
- Kankaran
- Karaye
- Katika
- Kaya Jumu
- Kinna
- Kirilla
- Kofar Arewa
- Kofar Fada
- Kofar Kudu
- Kogon Giwa
- Kokon Bara
- Kuka Takiya
- Kuka Yaskun Kalu
- Kukatania
- Kukayasku
- Kwadage
- Kwanar Daniya
- Kwanar Madana
- Ladin Kane
- Lallashi
- Lawan Jana
- Madana
- Maida Gari
- Maiduna
- Maifari
- Maigatari
- Maiguzumba
- Maikewalafa
- Maikilili
- Maitukufa
- Malam Aba
- Malam Kwayam
- Masama
- Matoya
- Matsarida
- Matsatsagi
- Mehassan
- Molori
- Rago
- Shabarawa
- Shanya Babba
- Shanya Karama
- Tajiri
- Takarda
- Tallbari
- Tarana
- Tattari
- Tsangaya
- Tsani
- Tsirya
- Tsohuwar Kwata
- Tsuru
- Turbus
- Unguakeli
- Unguwar Alhaji
- Unguwar Dodo
- Unguwar Gabas
- Unguwar Waziri
- Unguwar Yamma
- Walawa
- Wanzamai
- Watakila
- Zazzabau
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