Monguno Towns And Villages
Monguno is a Local Government Area in Borno State, Nigeria, on the southern fringe of the Lake Chad basin near the Chad border. Its headquarters is Monguno town, about 137 kilometres northeast of Maiduguri. The 2006 census counted 109,834 residents; the 2022 projection puts the figure near 160,900.
Monguno sits in Borno’s Northern Senatorial District, alongside Kukawa, Marte, Nganzai and Magumeri. The Kanuri people form the majority, tracing their heritage to the Kanem-Bornu Empire; Monguno town briefly served as a base for the Shehu of Borno after the empire’s 19th-century upheavals. Since 2013 the area has seen large-scale displacement from the Boko Haram insurgency, with Monguno town itself hosting IDP camps for residents fleeing Baga, Kukawa Doro and Marte; population figures have swung accordingly.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 NGA Settlement Names dataset, and the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers.
- Abba Ajiri
- Abbaganaram
- Abbari
- Abiskata
- Abriski
- Ajidalari
- Alajiri
- Ali Anari
- Ali-Ngollomari
- Aliya
- Arasa
- Asada
- Assanti
- Bego
- Bida
- Bida Kura
- Bida Njimtilo
- Birni Nguama
- Bo’O Alagarno
- Bolori
- Boo Goniye
- Boo Taango
- Bowe
- Bulabulin
- Bulama Gambo
- Bullabulin Ngeleya
- Buningil
- Buwa
- Charamari
- Chendele Gana
- Chendele Kura
- Chikudi
- Chilaro
- Daluwu
- Damakuli
- Damoshe
- Damugda
- Danganawa
- Dasa
- Dasaa Malari
- Dassa Kalumari
- Dassa Ngaranti
- Dasunga
- Dawulwa
- Dawusu
- Debele
- Difinowa
- Diya
- Doron Kirta
- Dugula
- Duksawa
- Dumbawa
- Dungurom
- Dusuman
- Duwabayi
- Duwala Kura
- Duwula
- Fanameri
- Fuwumari
- Galgal Fuleye
- Galgal Shiwari
- Galgal Suwa
- Gana Ali
- Garu Kime Annori
- Garu Kime Bukar Kauri
- Garu Kime Jalabbbwa
- Garu Kime Kyari Kanu
- Giza
- Giza Bulama Bukar
- Gogo Buriyum
- Goso Gadari
- Goso Gana
- Goso Goniri
- Gummatiana Mairi
- Gumnari
- Gune Kanuri
- Gune Shuwa
- Gurumba
- Hamrari
- Janakadi
- Jarawa
- Jele Kura
- Jele Shuwari
- Jimeri
- Jiwari
- Jiwori
- Kabal Balram
- Kafela
- Kaguram
- Kalwa
- Katamnwu Kura
- Kature
- Kileno Gana
- Kileno Kura
- Kirta Wulgo
- Kirzuma
- Kobolawa
- Kodomiri
- Koftarari
- Kolori
- Kororam
- Kumalia
- Kumburi
- Kumbute
- Kursuma
- Kursuma Aduri
- Kursuma Lawanti
- Kuya
- Kwatar Mashaya
- Kwatatopalla
- Kyari Kalegi
- Lila
- Lisa
- Magaram
- Maikurni
- Mallam Kaumari
- Mallam Shishi Gremari
- Mandala
- Manga Fulatari
- Mangal
- Mangal Mulumri
- Mangal Shuwari
- Mangal Tamsuwa
- Mangam
- Mangul Malari
- Manzai Kura
- Mashella Gaana
- Mashilla
- Matawari
- Maya
- Mbatti
- Mburta
- Midi
- Mintar
- Mitturi
- Mofio
- Mofio Gana
- Mofio Lawanti
- Mongulo Kura
- Monguno
- Mowo
- Munye
- Munye Kura
- Musa Kwari
- Musaram
- Mutala Gana
- Mutala Kura
- Nairawa
- Ngafate
- Ngaranna
- Ngari
- Ngllom Gana
- Ngollom
- Ngollom Koshiri
- Ngornu
- Ngumari Koso
- Ngumati G Shuwari
- Ngumati G. Masali
- Ngumatiana Mammanti
- Ngumde
- Ngurno
- Ngurno Kumuburi
- Riri Gana
- Riri Kura
- Sabon Tumbun
- Shehuri
- Sherumusari
- Sure Lawanti
- Surttaram
- Taala Gana
- Taala Kura
- Takala
- Tunbun Buhari
- Wasiri Kalari
- Wudana
- Wulo
- Yarimari
- Yele
- Yele Hawari
- Yele Lawanti
- Yuramti
- Za’An
- Za’An Goniri
- Za’An Kurnawa
- Zankali
- Zannari
- Zulum
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