Kano State has 44 (Local Government Areas (LGAs).and 484 council wards. Some LGAs have up to 15 wards while some have 10. A study by Soluap (soluap.com) indicates that the top 4 LGAs with the largest number of council wards in Kano State are:
Dawaki Kudu
Kiru
Tofa
Warawa
Each has 15 council wards. Others have numbers of wards from 14 down.
The 44 LGAs and their 484 council wards are:
LGA
WARD
AJINGI
AJINGI
BALARE
CHULA
DABIN KANAWA
DUNDUN
GAFASA
GURDUBA
KUNKURAWA
TORANKE
UNGAWAR BAI
ALBASU
ALBASU CENTRAL
BATAIYA
CHAMARANA
DAHO
FANDA
FARAGAI
GAGARAME
HUNGU
SAYA-SAYA
TSANGAYA
BAGWAI
BAGWAI
DANGADA
GADANYA
GOGORI
KIYAWA
KWAJALI
RIMIN DAKO
ROMO
SARE-SARE
WURO BAGGA
BEBEJI
ANADARIYA
BAGUDA
BEBEJI
DAMAU
DURMAWA
GARGAI
GWARMAI
KOFA
KUKI
RAHAMA
RANKA
RANTAN
TARIWA
WAK
BICHI
BADUME
BICHI
DANZABUWA
FAGOLO
KAUKAU
KWAMARAWA
KYALLI
MUNTSIRA
SAYE
WAIRE
YALLAMI
BUNKURE
BARKUM
BONO
BUNKURE
CHIRIN
GAFAN
GURJIYA
GWAMMA
KULLUWA
KUMURYA
SANDA
DALA
ADAKAWA
BAKIN RUWA
DALA
DOGON NAMA
GOBIRAWA
GWAMMAJA
KABUWAYA
KANTUDU
KOFAR MAZUGAL
KOFAR RUWA
MADIGAWA
YALWA
DANBATTA
AJUMAWA
DANBATTA EAST
DANBATTA WEST
FAGWALAWA
GORON MAJE
GWANDA
GWARABJAWA
KORE
SAIDAWA
SANSAN
DAWAKI KUDU
DABAR KWARI
DANBAGIWA
DAWAKI
DAWAKIJI
DOSAN
GANO
GURJIYA
JIDO
TAMBURAWA
TSAKUWA
UNGUWAR DUNIYA
YANBARAU
YANKATSARI
YARGAYA
ZOGARAWA
DAWAKI TOFA
DAN GUGUWA
DAWAKI EAST
DAWAKI WEST
DAWANAU
GANDUJE
GARGARI
JALLI
KWA
MARKE
TATTARAWA
TUMFAFI
DOGUWA
DARIYA
DOGON KAWO
DUGUWA
FALGORE
MARAKU
RAGADA
RIRIWAI
TAGWAYE
UNGUWAR NATSOHUWA
ZAINABI
FAGGE
FAGGE A
FAGGE B
FAGGE C
FAGGE D
FAGGE E
KWACHIRI
RIJIYAR LEMO
SABONGARI EAST
SABONGARI WEST
YAMMATA
GABASAWA
GABASAWA
GARUN DANGA
JODA
KARMAKI
MEKIYA
TARAUNI
YANTAR AREWWA
YAUTAR KUDU
YUMBU
ZAKIRAI
ZUGACHI
GARKO
DAL
GARIN ALI
GARKO
GURJIYA
KAFIN MALAMAI
KATUMARI
KWAS
RABA
SARINA
ZAKARAWA
GARUN MALAM
CHIROMAWA
DORAWAR-SALLAU
FANKURUN
GARUN BABBA
GARUN MALAM
JOBAWA
KADAWA
MAKWARO
YAD AKWARI
YALWAN YADAKWARI
GAYA
BALAN
GAMARYA
GAMOJI
GAYA AREWA
GAYA KUDU
KADEMI
KAZURAWA
MAIMAKAWA
SHAGOGO
WUDILAWA
GEZAWA
BABAWA
GAWO
GEZAWA
JOGANA
KETAWA
MESAR-TUDU
SARARIN-GEZAWA
TSAMIYA-BABBA
TUMBAU
WANGARA
ZANGO
GWALE
DANDAGO
DISO
DORAYI
GALADANCHI
GORON DUTSE
GWALE
GYARANYA
KABUGA
MANDAWARI
SANI MAI MAGGE
GWARZO
GETSO
GWARZO
JAMA’ A
KARA
KUTAMA
LAKWAYA
MADADI
MAINIKA
SABON BIRNI
UNGUWAR TUDU
KABO
DUGABAU
DURUN
GAMMO
GARO
GODIYA
GUDE
HAUWADE
KABO
KANWA
MASANAWA
KANO MUNICIPAL
CHEDI
DAN’AGUNDI
GANDUN ALBASA
JAKARA
KANKAROFI
SHAHUCHI
SHARADA
SHESHE
TUDUN NUFAWA
TUDUN WAZIRCHI
YAKASAI
ZAITAWA
ZANGO
KARAYE
DAURA
KAFIN DAFGA
KARAYE
KURUGU
KWANYAWA
TUDUN KAYA
TURAWA
UNGUWAR HAJJI
YAMMEDI
YOLA
KIBIYA
DURBA
FAMMAR
FASSI
KADIGAWA
KAHU
KIBIYA I
KIBIYA II
NARIYA
TARAI
UNGUWAR GAI
KIRU
BA’AWA
BADAFI
BARGONI
BAUDA
DANGORA
DANSOHIYA
DASHI
GALADIMAWA
KIRU
KOGO
MARAKU
TSAUDAWA
YAKO
YALWA
ZUWO
KUMBOTSO
CHALLAWA
CHIRANCHI
DANBARE
DANMALIKI
GURINGAWA
KUMBOTSO
KUREKEN SANI
MARIRI
NA’IBAWA
PANSHEKARA
UNGUWAR RIMI
KUNCHI
BUMAI
GARIN SHEME
GWARMAI
KASUWAR KUKA
KUNCHI
MATAN FADA
RIDAWA
SHAMAKAWA
SHUWAKI
YANDADI
KURA
DALILI
DAN HASSAN
DUKAWA
GUNDUTSE
KARFI
KOSAWA
KURA
KURUNSUMAU
RIGAR DUKA
TANAWA
MADOBI
BURJI
CINKOSO
GALINJA
GORA
KAFIN AGUR
KANWA
KAURA MATA
KUBARACI
KWANKWASO
MADOBI
RIKADAWA
MAKODA
BABBAR RIGA
DURMA
JIBGA
KADANDANI
KOGUNA
KOREN TATSO
MAITSIDAU
MAKODA
SATAME
TANGAJI
WAILARE
MINJIBIR
AZORE
GANDURWAWA
KANTAMA
KUNYA
KURU
KWARKIYA
MINJIBIR
SARBI
TSAKIYA
TSAKUWA
WASAI
NASARAWA
DAKATA
GAMA
GAWUNA
GIGINYU
GWAGWARWA
HOTORO NORTH
HOTORO SOUTH
KAURA GOJE
KAWAJI
TUDUN MURTALA
TUDUN WADA
RANO
DAWAKI
LAUSU
MADACHI
RANO
RURUM SABON-GARI
RURUM TSOHON-GARI
SAJI
YALWA
ZINYAU
ZURGU
RIMIN GADO
BUTU-BUTU
DAWAKI GULU
DOKA DAWA
DUGURAWA
GULU
JILI
KAROFIN YASHI
RIMIN GADO
SAKARATSA
TAMAWA
YALWAN DANZIYAL
ZANGO DAN ABDU
ROGO
BELI
FALGORE
FULATAN
GWANGWAN
JAJAYE
ROGO RUMA
ROGO SABON GARI
RUWAN BAGO
ZAREWA
ZOZA
SHANONO
ALAJAWA
DUTSEN-BAKOSHI
FARURUWA
GORON DUTSE
KADAMU
KOKIYA
LENI
SHAKOGI
SHANONO
TSAURE
SUMAILA
GALA
GANI
GARFA
GEDIYA
KANAWA
MAGAMI
MASU
RIMI
RUMO
SITTI
SUMAILA
TAKAI
BAGWARO
DURBUNDE
FAJEWA
FALALI
FARURUWA
KACHAKO
KARFI
KUKA
TAKAI
ZUGA
TARAUNI
BABBAN GIJI
DARMANAWA
DAURAWA
GYADI-GYADI AREWA
GYADI-GYADI KUDU
HOTORO (NNPC)
KAUYEN ALU
TARAUNI
UNGUWA UKU
UNGUWAR GANO
TOFA
DINDERE
DOKA
GAJIDA
GINSAWA
JANGUZA
JAUBEN KUDU
KWAMI
LAMBU
LANGEL
TOFA
UNGUWAR RIMI
WANGARA
YALWA KARAMA
YANOKO
YARIMAWA
TSANYAWA
DADDARAWA
DUNBULUN
GOZAKI
GURUN
KABAGIWA
TATSAN
TSANYAWA
YANGANAU
YANKAMAYE
ZAROGI
TUDUN WADA
BABURI
BURUMBURUM
DALAWA
JANDUTSE
JITA
KAREFA
NATA’ALA
SABON GARI
SHUWAKI
TSOHOGARI
UNGOGO
BACHIRAWA
GAYAWA
KADAWA
KARO
PANISAU
RANGAZA
RIJIYAR ZAKI
TUDUN FULANI
UNGOGO
YADAKUNYA
ZANGO
WARAWA
AMARAWA
DANLASAN
GARIN DAU
GOGEL
IMAWA
J/GALADIMA
JEMAGU
JIGAWA
KATARKAWA
MADARI MATA
TAMBURAWAR GABAS
TANGAR
WARAWA
‘YAN DALLA
‘YANGIZO
WUDIL
ACHIKA
DAGUMAWA
DANKAZA
DARKI
INDABO
KAUSANI
LAJAWA
SABON GARI
UTAI
WUDIL
Council Wards in Kano State
Kano State’s top 4 LGAs with the largest number of council wards are:
Dawaki Kudu
Kiru
Tofa
Warawa
Each of the 4 LGAs above has 15 council wards.
As for the others, 1 LGA, Bebeji, has 14 council wards.
Another one, Kano Municipal, has 13 council wards.
3 LGAs, Ajingi, Dala and Rimin Gado each has 12 council wards.
11 LGAs have 11 council wards each.
The remaining 24 LGAs has 10 council wards each.
Metropolitan LGAs of Kano
Six of the Local Government Areas: Fagge, Gwale, Tarauni, Kano Muncipal, Nassarawa and Dala comprise Kano city metropolis.
