Shanono Towns And Villages

Shanono is a Local Government Area in northwestern Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is Shanono town, about 45 kilometres northwest of Kano city.

The 2006 census counted 140,607 residents across 697 square kilometres. Shanono holds ten wards: Alajawa, Dutsen-Bakoshi, Faruruwa, Goron Dutse, Kadamu, Kokiya, Leni, Shakogi, Shanono and Tsaure.

Hausa farming communities grow millet, guinea corn and groundnuts across the LGA. Several settlements share common Hausa toponym stems (Unguwar, Sabon Gari, Gangare-type names) that repeat within Shanono and across neighbouring Kano LGAs — this is normal naming convention, not duplication.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames gazetteer and the GRID3 Nigeria settlement dataset:

  1. Alajawa
  2. Badumawa (Leni ward)
  3. Bakaji
  4. Bakwami
  5. Bankamawa
  6. Bayan Dutse
  7. Bori
  8. Dan Kurchiya
  9. Dankinji
  10. Dogon Marke
  11. Doka Gabari
  12. Dorogo
  13. Dutsen-Bakoshi
  14. Farin Ruwa
  15. Faruruwa
  16. Gabasawa
  17. Galadimawa
  18. Gamji
  19. Gangare
  20. Gasawa
  21. Gejiya
  22. Girgam
  23. Goda
  24. Godarawa
  25. Goron Dutse
  26. Gotawa
  27. Gudan Tuwo
  28. Jammaza
  29. Janburji
  30. Jaulere
  31. Jibaga (Leni ward)
  32. Jigawa (Kadamu ward)
  33. Jikanshi
  34. Jodoma
  35. Kadamu
  36. Kafi
  37. Kandutse
  38. Kankara
  39. Karau Ta Maina
  40. Karau Tashar Limi
  41. Karofi
  42. Katafawa
  43. Katoge
  44. Kauyen Kuka
  45. Kazaga
  46. Kiyawa
  47. Kokiya
  48. Koya
  49. Kuda-Nasu
  50. Kundila
  51. Kwangwai
  52. Kwido
  53. Limanchi
  54. Litarawa
  55. Magashi
  56. Majingini
  57. Malamawa (Tsaure ward)
  58. Marabutawa
  59. Marga
  60. Rigga
  61. Riman Taini
  62. Rinji (Kadamu ward)
  63. Sabaru
  64. Sabon Gari (Shakogi ward)
  65. Shakogi
  66. Shanono
  67. Takama
  68. Toronya
  69. Tsamiya Bakwai
  70. Tsaure
  71. Tuba (Goron Dutse ward)
  72. Unguwar Adi
  73. Unguwar Bura
  74. Unguwar Danfatu
  75. Unguwar Gabari
  76. Unguwar Gadu
  77. Unguwar Kuka
  78. Unguwar Kwari (Kokiya ward)
  79. Unguwar Kwari (Shakogi ward)
  80. Unguwar Rogo
  81. Unguwar Soda
  82. Unguwar Tofa
  83. Unguwar Tudu
  84. Unguwar Yalli
  85. Unguwar Yamma (Shakogi ward)
  86. Yammawa
  87. Yan Awaki
  88. Yan Shado
  89. Yangabo
  90. Yangwamma