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mostly under attack, and thousands must have fled, and hundreds and if not more been killed
during this time of the most terrible devastation.
Working out population estimates based on ethnolinguistic belonging
The population estimates in Table 1 below, total 194,450 inhabitants for the Gwoza hills and
neighbouring plains, for 1996 (please read the explanatory note to the right of the table):
Table 1: Population estimates of ethnic groups and languages for 1996
Admin. Unit
(Village)
Ethnic
Sub-unit
Korana-Basa
Ghwa'a
Dghweɗe
Guduf A
Guduf B
Guduf
Gava
Chikiɗe
Gava
Agapalawa
Ngoshe
Agapalawa
Atagara
Limankara
Uvaha
Hambagda
Luvua
Warabe
Wala A
Wala B
Wala B
Pulka
Warabe
Bokko
Bokko
Gava
Kusarha
Chikide
Ethnicity /
Ethnic Group
Language /
Dialect
Dghweɗe
dghweɗe
(azaghvana)
Guduf
Chinene
ChikiɗeChinene
Amuda
Ganjara
AmudaGanjara
guduf
(afakbiya)
Popl.
Estm.
20,000
30,000
3,000
cena
(nakacha)
300
100
glavda
Glavda
Glavda
30,000
Waga
Uvaha
Hiɗkala
Luvua
Zelidva
(west)
Juba
Pulka
Kiva
Wize
Zelidva
(east)
1,000
Lamang
15,000
lamang
Zelidva (Pulka
and Wize claim
Guduf ethnicity
while Juba
claims them to
be Lamang)
30,000
wandala
(abaiwa)
glavda
Wandala
Wandala
wandala or
glavda
wandala
50
20,000
Gvoko
Gvoko
gvoko
20,000
Kughum
Mafa
Mafa
mafa
5,000
Gwoza
Mixed population (incl. Hausa and Kanuri)
Kirawa
Kirawa
NgosheSama
Vale
Vale
70
20,000
Explanatory
note
Nigeria had four
national
censuses: 1963,
1973 (was
cancelled), 1991
(considered
unreliable), and
2006 (only the
total was
available to me).
The 1989 republication of
the 1963 census
also contains an
update on new
settlements and
generally allows
for very good
identification of
ethnic groups
through the listed
settlement units.
The 1991 census
is not only
considered
unreliable but the
listed settlement
units are often
incorrect and
confuse names of
main units with
those of subunits. I have used
the 1991 census
in some
instances for
sub-units. I
neglected
estimates by SIL
(please see
www.ethnologue
.com) since they
are not based on
ethnic, but solely
linguistic
affiliations.
