Sokoto South Towns And Villages

Sokoto South is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria, covering the southern half of Sokoto metropolis. It shares the state capital with the neighbouring Sokoto North LGA. The 2006 census counted 197,686 residents; the 2022 projection put the figure near 341,200.

Sokoto South has 11 registration wards, grouped in six named areas: Rijiyar Dorowa, Tudun Wada, Sarkin Zamfara, Gagi, Sarkin Adar Kwanni and Sarkin Adar Atiku. Mabera, on the Gagi ward boundary, holds several long-settled quarters including Mabera Mujaya, Mabera Magaji and Mabera Iddi.

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

  1. Filin Jirgi
  2. Gagi
  3. Jariri
  4. Mabera Iddi
  5. Mabera Magaji
  6. Mabera Mujaya
  7. Magajin Rafi
  8. Mana
  9. Nakasari
  10. Rijiyar Dorowa
  11. Sabon Gari (Gagi)
  12. Sarkin Adar Atiku
  13. Sarkin Adar Kwanni
  14. Sarkin Zamfara
  15. Tudun Wada