title: Pandogari
text: # Pandogari
  
  Pandogari is a town (ward) in Kagara, the capital of Rafi local government in Niger State, Nigeria. There is a large Hill which called Kongoma hill, in Fulfulde (Kwangwamaje), Kongoma hill located at the eastern Pandogari. The distance from the state capital Minna to Pandogari is about 156.7km. Pandogari is headed by a district head called Hakimi in Hausa language, and the current Hakimi of Pandogari is Alhaji Idris Aliyu Jibril. There are three major languages in Pandogari town; they are Hausa, Fulani and Ɓurawa.
  
  In 2016, there was a religious conflict between Christians and Muslims in Pandogari which resulted in the death of four people, including a 24 year old young student.
  
  ## Places near Pandogari
  
  Places near Pandogari are:
  
  * Ringa
  * Gidan awane
  * Gidan buhari
  * Gidan damao
  * Gidan kurao
  * Gidan madawakin tugulbi
  * Gidan maigari boka
  * Gidan maikarfi
  * Gidan maizaji
  * Gidan sarkin uguru
  * Gidan sarkin Uran chiki
  * Gidan shabagu
  * Gidan tanko
  * Gidan tetige
  * Gidan ushiba
  * Gidan wusheynu
  
  ## Distances from pandogari to other cities in Nigeria
  
  * Pandogari - Minna 156.7km
  * Pandogari - Lagos 551km
  * Pandogari - Abia 565km
  * Pandogari - Ogun 470km
  * Pandogari - Kano 290km
  * Pandogari - Ibadan 435km
  * Pandogari - Kaduna 113km
  * Pandogari - Port Harcourt 627km
  * Pandogari - Benin 460km
  * Pandogari - Maiduguri 753km
  * Pandogari - Zaria 159km
  * Pandogari - Aba 597km
  * Pandogari - Jos 277 km
  * Pandogari - Iorin 294km
  * Pandogari - Oyo 393km
  * Pandogari - Enugu 457km
  * Pandogari - Abeokuta 494km
  * Pandogari - Sokoto 322km
  * Pandogari - Onitsha 473km
  * Pandogari - Warri 548km
  * Pandogari - Oshogbo 356km
  * Pandogari - Okene 318km
  * Pandogari - Calabar 641km
  * Pandogari - Katsina 316km
  
  ## Notable people in Pandogari
  
  * Imam Habib Lawal (Chief Imam of Jama'atul Izalatul Bidi'a Wa'iƙamatus Sunnah, Pandogari)
  * Alhaji Idris Aliyu (Head of Pandogari district)
  * Alhaji Ado Tela (business man)
  * Alhaji Aminu Wayo (business man)
  * Alhaji Salisu mai wake (business man)
  * Muhammad Bagobiri (Islamic Religion Instructor Tijaniyyah)
  * Late Alhaji Aliyu Ahmad Bafillace Ringa (Islamic Religion Instructor and Fulani leader)Late Alhaji Aliyu Ahmad Bafillace
  * Alhaji Abubakar Jibo Garba (Madakin Kagara Emirate)
  * Late Alhaji Sama'ila Hayin Sarki (Farmer)
  * Alhaji Zubairu Isma'il (Member representing Rafi at Niger State House of Assembly)
  * Mamman Dogo (politician)
  
  ## Notable Areas within Pandogari
  
  * Government Day Secondary School Pandogari
  * Mamman Kwantagora Technical College Pandogari
  * Central Primary School Pandogari
  * Kyareke Primary Health Care Pandogari
  