Taura Towns And Villages

Taura is a Local Government Area in Jigawa State, north-western Nigeria, on the Hadejia-Jamaare flood-plain. Its headquarters is Taura town. The area covers about 653 square kilometres and borders Garki to the north, Gagarawa to the east, Jahun to the south and Ringim to the west.

The 2006 census counted 131,861 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 226,700. Taura holds ten wards: Ajaura, Chakwaikwaiwa, Chukuto, Gujungu, Kiri, Kwalam, Maje, Majiya, Sabon Gari Yaya and Taura.

Hausa-Fulani communities farm millet, sorghum, rice, groundnuts and onions across the LGA, with fadama irrigation along the Hadejia river supporting dry-season vegetable growing.

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

  1. Abakura
  2. Afitawa
  3. Ajaura
  4. Akasan
  5. Asayaya
  6. Atiyaye
  7. Bardo
  8. Barnawa
  9. Barnawa Fulani
  10. Bichi
  11. Bidawa
  12. Bula
  13. Buturanawa
  14. Chakwaikwaiwa
  15. Chukuto
  16. Chuwasu
  17. Dakawar Dinya
  18. Dankaraye
  19. Danzaina
  20. Daurawa
  21. Dogon Marke
  22. Domawa
  23. Galadimawa
  24. Gambawa
  25. Ganyawa
  26. Gidan Iliya
  27. Gidan Naruwa
  28. Gilima
  29. Gogoro
  30. Gujungu
  31. Gurgunya
  32. Gurjawa
  33. Idon Zakara
  34. Kangal
  35. Kanya
  36. Kari-Tsalle
  37. Katarika
  38. Kaugama
  39. Kaura
  40. Kauyen Dusu
  41. Kauyen Mallam Ali
  42. Kayar Gazara
  43. Kemo
  44. Kiri
  45. Koran Mato
  46. Kuku
  47. Kukui
  48. Kundu
  49. Kwa Kwashi
  50. Kwajali
  51. Kwalam
  52. Lafiya
  53. Larabar Tira
  54. Mahoni
  55. Maiyadiya
  56. Maizuwo
  57. Maje
  58. Majiya
  59. Malamawa
  60. Nahuce
  61. Nomi
  62. Rafin Kanya
  63. Rigar Atu
  64. Sabon Gari Yaya
  65. Taura
  66. Tsadawa
  67. Tsagadu
  68. Tsinaho
  69. Tsuwa
  70. Tudun Fulani
  71. Walawa
  72. Wayu
  73. Yan Bukudu
  74. Yanfari
  75. Yangayami
  76. Yanyanga
  77. Yedah
  78. Zangon Maje