Ethnic groups in the Federal Capital Territory

All peoples of the Federal Capital Territory on the atlas

• Gbagyimajority in 4 LGAs, present in 2 LGAs
• Bassapresent in 4 LGAs
• Ebirapresent in 1 LGA
• Hausapresent in 5 LGAs
• Gwandarapresent in 3 LGAs
• Nupepresent in 2 LGAs

Peoples by local government area

For each LGA: the peoples who are the majority there, those who are a large share of a mixed area, and smaller communities, as the atlas’s sources give them.

• Abaji

  • Bassa(Shared area)
  • Ebira(Shared area)
  • Gbagyi(Shared area)

• Bwari

  • Gbagyi(Homeland)
  • Hausa(Smaller presence)

• Gwagwalada

  • Bassa(Shared area)
  • Gbagyi(Shared area)
  • Gwandara(Smaller presence)
  • Hausa(Smaller presence)
  • Nupe(Smaller presence)

• Kuje

  • Gbagyi(Homeland)
  • Bassa(Smaller presence)
  • Gwandara(Smaller presence)
  • Hausa(Smaller presence)
  • Nupe(Smaller presence)

• Kwali

  • Gbagyi(Homeland)
  • Bassa(Shared area)
  • Hausa(Smaller presence)

• Municipal Area Council

  • Gbagyi(Homeland)
  • Gwandara(Smaller presence)
  • Hausa(Smaller presence)

Nigeria has not counted ethnicity in a census since 1963, so this page shows where peoples live, not how many there are. Areas are approximate and show where people live. They are not claims of land ownership.