Mariga Towns And Villages
Mariga is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria, in the state’s bandit-affected north. Its headquarters is Bangi. The LGA covers about 5,552 square kilometres and is Niger State’s second-largest Local Government by size.
The 2006 census counted 199,600 residents; the 2022 projection put the figure near 342,400. Mariga has 11 wards: Bangi, Beri, Bobi, Gulbin-Boka, Galma/Wamba, Inkwai, Igwama, Kakihum, Kontokoro (Kotonkoro), Kumbashi and Maburya.
The Kamuku people are indigenous to the area and speak Kamuku alongside Hausa, the LGA’s lingua franca. Farming (maize, groundnuts, guinea corn) and livestock trading drive the local economy, and the Zugurma Game Reserve lies within the LGA.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records for Mariga, the GeoNames gazetteer and the GRID3 settlement layer:
- Abarawa
- Adoka
- Afaga
- Alabani
- Ashama
- Assaya
- Awagabi
- Awalla
- Bakin Dutsi
- Bangi
- Bangi Ukata
- Barachi
- Bawa Kadade
- Behina
- Chifu
- Chiyumu
- Dan Auta
- Danbakwai
- Danbaru
- Danko
- Dogon Dawa
- Dorauwai
- Durgu
- Dutsin Mogaji
- Fagai Sabuwa
- Farar Doka
- Galma Sama
- Ganda
- Gauji
- Geshe Karuwa
- Gidan Baibaka
- Gidan Baku
- Gidan Danbabba
- Gidan Danjima
- Gidan Galadima
- Gidan Galadima-Agiru
- Gidan Kolo
- Gidan Kwabura
- Gidan Madawakin Kura
- Gidan Maijirigin Wakili
- Gidan Makeri
- Gidan Mudi
- Gidan Namama
- Gidan Obiza
- Gidan Sarikin Kukunga
- Gidan Sarikin-Hauma
- Gidan Sarikin-Ubaru
- Gidan Saure
- Gidan Zamai
- Gulbin Boka
- Gulbin Li’oji
- Ide
- Ifari Sabuwa
- Iferri
- Indago
- Inkwai
- Isasa
- Kachacha
- Kadago
- Kahigo
- Kakihum
- Kangiwa
- Karen Bana
- Kasuwan Ango
- Kasuwan Dogo
- Kasuwan Garba
- Kimbi
- Kofar Fada
- Kotonkoro
- Kukunga
- Kumbasawa
- Kumbashi
- Kunai
- Kura
- Kuraa
- Kurigi
- Kurugin Mardowa
- Kwaimo
- Kwanje
- Kwau
- Kwawu Gari
- Lalle
- Libu
- Liman Zugu
- Mabinni
- Maburya
- Maccita
- Maforo
- Magami
- Magumo
- Mahanga
- Mahuta Makaka
- Mai Bago
- Maigoge
- Mailaka Hausawa
- Makenkeme
- Makici
- Makiku
- Makura
- Marai
- Maretun Bangawa
- Mariga
- Maroro
- Maruba
- Masaba
- Masabu
- Matari
- Matseri
- Maundu
- Mazame
- Morain Kotonkoro
- Pagai
- Ragada
- Runtuna
- Sabon Garin Bobi
- Sarkin Dutse Ipando
- Sarkin Garin Kotonkoro
- Sarkin Garin Kwimo
- Sarkin Garin Mahoro
- Tsaunim Sabangari
- Tsohon Garin Kotonkoro
- Tudun Mangwaro
- Tungan Bagudu
- Tungan Kawa
- Tunku
- Ububa
- Uchichi
- Ukuru
- Ung. Alh. Makama
- Ung. Dandaura
- Ung. Duda
- Ung. Fada
- Ung. Gabas
- Ung. Galadima
- Ung. Ishanga
- Ung. Ma’aji
- Ung. Madawaki
- Ung. Magaji
- Ung. S. Fulani Dusai
- Ung. Ubandawaki
- Ung. Wakili
- Ung. Wanya
- Ung. Waziri
- Unguwan Maidoro Kakuza
- Ungwan Galadima
- Uraga Gari
- Uran Gashi
- Urraga
- Urudu
- Uruma
- Wamba
- Yanbaru/Barace
- Zabiya
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