Wushishi Towns And Villages

Wushishi is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria, on the Kaduna-Niger confluence road roughly 45 kilometres northwest of Minna. Its headquarters sits at Wushishi town. The 2006 census counted 81,756 residents, projected to about 140,200 by 2022.

The LGA holds 12 wards: Akare, Barwa, Gwarjiko, Kanwuri, Kodo, Kwata, Lokogoma, Maito, Sabon Gari, Tukunji, Yamigi and Zungeru. Zungeru, on the Kaduna River, served as the colonial capital of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate from 1902 to 1916, before the seat moved to Lugard’s new capital, Kaduna.

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

  1. Akare
  2. Bankwagi
  3. Barwa
  4. Batandaba
  5. Butu
  6. Buzu
  7. Cheji
  8. Dabbe
  9. Dabiri
  10. Dagbaeko
  11. Dankuwagi
  12. Dogon Ruwa
  13. Dukun Sakun
  14. Emishirun
  15. Emiworo
  16. Enagi
  17. Erana
  18. Fugagi
  19. Gada Mai Tulu
  20. Gbasakun
  21. Gboyafu
  22. Gekun
  23. Gidan Gwari
  24. Girin
  25. Gudi
  26. Gudugi
  27. Gwarjiko
  28. Kache
  29. Kalakala Sabo
  30. Kaliko
  31. Kanfanin Kirya
  32. Kanko
  33. Kanwa
  34. Kanwuri
  35. Kasakogi
  36. Katuna
  37. Kodo
  38. Kodoko
  39. Kpakara Gari
  40. Kpakara Tasha
  41. Kutai
  42. Kutukpachi
  43. Kutunku
  44. Kwakwagi
  45. Kwata
  46. Lokogoma
  47. Madegi
  48. Maito
  49. Makera
  50. Makusidi
  51. Matajiya
  52. Nagenu
  53. Ndace Mamman
  54. Ndasako
  55. Ndashanko
  56. Sabon Gari
  57. Saminaka
  58. Sanpigi
  59. Shaku
  60. Tangwagi
  61. Tukunji
  62. Tunga
  63. Tungan Almu
  64. Tungan Kawo
  65. Unguwan Alkali
  66. Unguwan Barwa
  67. Unguwan Makeri
  68. Unguwan Mallam Lawal
  69. Unguwan Ndako Tudun Kuka
  70. Utare
  71. Wushiba
  72. Wushishi
  73. Yakaji Tsoho
  74. Yamigi
  75. Yelwa
  76. Zaregun Hausawa
  77. Zungeru