Makurdi Towns And Villages

Makurdi is the capital of Benue State, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. The town sits on the Benue River’s south bank, linked to North Bank by the Niger Bridge. The local government area covers about 937.4 square kilometres and reaches well beyond the city into farming communities along the river.

The 2006 census recorded 300,377 residents in Makurdi LGA; the 2022 projection put the figure near 433,700. Rural settlements outside the city carry postal code 970101, separate from the GRA, Wadata and Wurukum zones in the urban core.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers, and 2021 GRID3 settlement data. It covers the rural communities of Makurdi LGA, outside the city’s ten urban wards:

  1. Achusa
  2. Adaka
  3. Adee
  4. Adeke
  5. Adem
  6. Agan
  7. Agbadi
  8. Agber
  9. Agena
  10. Ajaver
  11. Ajia
  12. Akil
  13. Akpehe
  14. Akume
  15. Amase
  16. Anter
  17. Apir
  18. Demekpe
  19. Fiidi
  20. Gausambe
  21. Gbashima
  22. Hyohemba
  23. Ikyor
  24. Imande
  25. Iorbee
  26. Iwa
  27. Iyorkyaa
  28. Kachi
  29. Kanshio
  30. Kyaan
  31. Logo
  32. Mbakuhe
  33. Mbamanger
  34. Nyamsando
  35. Nyigwa Mkyir
  36. Shungu Bongo
  37. Tatyough
  38. Tionsha
  39. Tse Aba
  40. Tse Akwa
  41. Tse Ande
  42. Tse Daudu
  43. Tse Ichwa
  44. Tse Injoh
  45. Tse Ivue
  46. Tse Poor
  47. Tse Swam
  48. Tse Uwaghbo
  49. Tse-Uperegh
  50. Tsegbam
  51. Tsuwa
  52. Tyina
  53. Tyodugh
  54. Tyomu
  55. Uga Soja
  56. Ugbonko
  57. Ugoh
  58. Ugondo
  59. Upahar
  60. Wailomayo
  61. Yaikyo
  62. Yaor Caro
  63. Youngu
  64. Zongo