The smallest Local Government Area in Kano State is Kano City Municipal. The municipal area of the city, though the most populated in the state, is the smallest in terms of size of land area.
Kano Municipal: 17 Km2
Kano Municipal is followed by:
Gwale: 18 Km2
Dala: 19 Km2
Fagge: 21 Km2
Tarauni: 28 Km2
Nassarawa: 34 Km2
Kumbotso: 158 Km2
LGA
Area (Km2)
Kano Municipal
17
Gwale
18
Dala
19
Fagge
21
Tarauni
28
Nassarawa
34
Kumbotso
158
Tofa
202
Ungogo
204
Kura
206
Garun Mallam
214
Rimin Gado
225
Madobi
273
Gezawa
340
Kabo
341
Warawa
360
Wudil
362
Dawakin Kudu
384
Gwarzo
393
Albasu
398
Kibiya
404
Bagwai
405
Minjibir
416
Makoda
441
Garko
450
Dawakin Tofa
479
Karaye
479
Bunkure
487
Tsanyawa
492
Kano Metropolitan Area
499
Rano
520
Takai
598
Gabasawa
605
Bichi
612
Gaya
613
Kunchi
671
Shanono
697
Ajingi
714
Bebeji
717
Dambatta
732
Rogo
802
Kiru
927
Tudun Wada
1,204
Sumaila
1,250
Doguwa
1,473
Kano Municipal is a Local Government Area within the Kano urban area in Kano State. Its Secretariat is at Kofar Kudu, western entrance of emir’s palace.
It has 13 wards and a population of 365,525 (2006 Census).
Kano State comprises 44 LGAs:
The 44 LGAs of Kano State and are:
Ajingi
Albasu
Bagwai
Bebeji
Bichi
Bunkure
Dala
Dambatta
Dawakin Kudu
Dawakin Tofa
Doguwa
Fagge
Gabasawa
Garko
Garun Mallam
Gaya
Gezawa
Gwale
Gwarzo
Kabo
Kano Municipal
Karaye
Kibiya
Kiru
Kumbotso
Kunchi
Kura
Madobi
Makoda
Minjibir
Nassarawa
Rano
Rimin Gado
Rogo
Shanono
Sumaila
Takai
Tarauni
Tofa
Tsanyawa
Tudun Wada
Ungogo
Warawa
Wudil
Kano State has 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs), each administered by a council consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, councillors and other members.
Kano Local Governments, like other Local Governments in Nigeria are outlined in the Nigerian constitution. The functions are:
Economic recommendations to the State Government.
Collection of taxes and fees.
Establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm.
Licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheelbarrows and carts.
Establishment, maintenance and regulation of markets, motor parks and public conveniences.
Construction and maintenance of roads, streets, drainages and other public highways, parks, and open spaces.
Naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses within their local government areas.
Provision and maintenance of public transportation and refuse disposal systems.
Registration of births, deaths and marriages in their locality.
Assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly of a State.
Control and regulation of outdoor advertising, movement and keeping of pets of all descriptions, shops and kiosks, restaurants and other places for sale of food to the public, and laundries.
Kano State
Kano State is located in the northwest geo-political zone of Nigeria. Hausa and Fulani, who are predominantly Muslims, inhabit the state. Yoruba, Igbo and other Nigerians also live in the state but mostly in the capital city also called Kano. 6 local government areas, namely; Fagge, Gwale, Tarauni, Kano Muncipal, Nassarawa and Dala have virtually merged into what is called Kano metropolis. The city of Kano is not only the capital but also the commercial nerve centre of the state.
Kano was among the 12 states created in May 1967 out of the former Northern Region. The state was intact until August 27,1991 when Jigawa State was carved out of it.
It is one of the largest states in Nigeria in terms of population, having a population of about 9, 383, 682 in the 2006 census. Its has 44 local governments, with an area of 20,479.6 square kilometer. The population density is about 458 persons per square kilometre.
The state has over 18, 684 square kilometres of cultivable land and it is the most extensively irrigated state in Nigeria. Kano State is noted for its famous markets and it is an industrial centre in the north. Trading articles in the Kano City include leather goods, local crafts, dyed textile materials as well as camels.
