Soba Towns And Villages

Soba is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria, in the state’s northern Hausa heartland. Its headquarters sits at Maigana. The LGA has eleven wards: Maigana, Kinkiba, Gimba, Kwasallo, Richifa, Gamagira, Dan Wata, Turawa, Soba, Garun Gwanki and Rahama.

The 2006 census counted 291,173 residents. A 2022 projection put the figure near 430,200. Soba borders Makarfi and Sabon Gari within Kaduna State, along with Kubau, Zaria and Kauru LGAs.

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

  1. Alhazawa
  2. Angwan Malam Dogo
  3. Awai
  4. Bakura
  5. Damari
  6. Dan Isa
  7. Dan Wata
  8. Danjaba
  9. Dinye
  10. Fagachi
  11. Farin Kasa
  12. Gamagira
  13. Garun Gwanki
  14. Gimba
  15. Gobirawa
  16. Gurbabiya
  17. Kaware
  18. Kinkiba
  19. Kuyamutsa
  20. Kuzai
  21. Kwasallo
  22. Lungu
  23. Madaba
  24. Mafera
  25. Magada
  26. Maibirni
  27. Maigana
  28. Maizare
  29. Makoron Lemo
  30. Marmara
  31. Marwa
  32. Matari
  33. Rahama
  34. Richifa
  35. Sabon Kudi
  36. Sanbirni
  37. Soba
  38. Taba
  39. Takalafiya
  40. Tamba
  41. Tudun Saibu
  42. Tukurwa
  43. Turawa
  44. Unguwar Galla
  45. Unguwar Malam Yahaya
  46. Ungwan Madaki
  47. Wanka
  48. Yakasai
  49. Yalwan Bene
  50. Yalwan Makaranta