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Kano

First-level unit, Nigeria: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NGA-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NGA / NGStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
15,689,091
people (GHSL 2025)
20,310 km²
area
6.7%
of Nigeria
44
units inside

01Map

Inside Kano

The 44 ADM2 units of Kano.

FIG 1 · 44 units inside Kano
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

15,689,091

6.7% of Nigeria.

People · WorldPop 2025

15,415,553

-2% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

क्षेत्र

20,310 km²

772 people per km².

कोड

NG-KN

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

03Humanitarian data

Kano in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2022-12-31

15,462,177

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2021-12-31

45.1%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

04Units

44 units inside Kano

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Unit कोड People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Ajingi – 194,706 186,164 628.18 310 1.2% 0
Albasu – 341,834 322,660 503.35 679 2.1% 0
Bagwai – 347,881 304,783 427.54 814 2.2% 0
Bebeji – 362,051 368,749 721.3 502 2.3% 0
Bichi – 491,938 455,897 724.24 679 3.1% 0
Bunkure – 202,684 189,004 493.18 411 1.3% 0
Dala – 682,924 434,793 13.98 48,850 4.3% 0
Dambatta – 432,122 478,230 786.97 549 2.7% 0
Dawakin Kudu – 497,781 514,655 424.81 1,172 3.1% 0
Dawakin Tofa – 421,260 370,613 405.93 1,038 2.6% 0
Doguwa – 207,427 217,972 1,404.33 148 1.3% 0
Fagge – 544,914 397,250 35.41 15,389 3.4% 0
Gabasawa – 321,753 250,811 596.03 540 2% 0
Garko – 266,612 261,327 480.12 555 1.7% 0
Garun Malam – 179,135 137,076 199.33 899 1.1% 0
Gaya – 320,561 290,640 589.06 544 2% 0
Gezawa – 294,473 675,784 379.83 775 1.8% 0
Gwale – 936,943 475,972 36.2 25,882 5.9% 0
Gwarzo – 347,006 305,339 454.65 763 2.2% 0
Kabo – 293,603 258,711 350.79 837 1.8% 0
Kano Municipal – 652,896 497,956 14.94 43,701 4.1% 0
Karaye – 258,467 257,687 421.99 612 1.6% 0
Kibiya – 236,273 250,533 412.48 573 1.5% 0
Kiru – 436,655 408,784 941.76 464 2.7% 0
Kumbotso – 958,103 1,003,195 187.34 5,114 6% 0
Kunchi – 123,202 121,653 505.39 244 0.8% 0
Kura – 235,048 201,017 203.12 1,157 1.5% 0
Madobi – 280,228 312,766 271.48 1,032 1.8% 0
Makoda – 313,787 417,075 407.01 771 2% 0
Minjibir – 295,760 271,820 387.31 764 1.9% 0
Nassarawa – 611,582 930,848 48.93 12,499 3.8% 0
Rano – 326,422 313,731 484.6 674 2% 0
Rimin Gado – 197,465 181,699 263.71 749 1.2% 0
Rogo – 342,932 339,269 804.64 426 2.1% 0
Shanono – 184,330 192,569 458.53 402 1.2% 0
Sumaila – 514,716 442,292 1,490.45 345 3.2% 0
Takai – 313,188 275,780 668.47 469 2% 0
Tarauni – 263,681 361,697 23.03 11,449 1.7% 0
Tofa – 191,515 195,617 209.58 914 1.2% 0
Tsanyawa – 266,444 258,474 546.1 488 1.7% 0
Tudun Wada – 358,979 308,547 1,088.29 330 2.3% 0
Ungogo – 467,806 765,037 215.47 2,171 2.9% 0
Warawa – 137,248 323,092 324.45 423 0.9% 0
Wudil – 298,437 249,681 275.29 1,084 1.9% 0
05संपर्कात येणे

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
284.5 H3 cells
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
500 H3 cells
Railways
219.5 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
225 H3 cells
06जोखीम

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Kano publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Nigeria.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08स्रोत

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NGA ADM1, source: GRID3, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NGA ADM2, source: GRID3, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
देश
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.