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| Capital: |
Kaduna |
| Area: |
7,627.20sq
kilometres |
| Population: |
4,652,989
(1997 FOS est.) |
| Language: |
Hausa, Gbari |
| Governor: |
Alhaji Mukhtar Yero |
| ISO
3166-2: |
NG-KD |
| Date
Created: |
27
May 1967 |
| Population
Rank: |
N/A |
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Kaduna
State is a state in central northern Nigeria. Its capital
is Kaduna.
The state
is the successor to the old Northern Region of Nigeria, which
had its capital at Kaduna. In 1967 this was split up into
six states, one of which was the North-Central State, whose
name was changed to Kaduna State in 1976. This was further
divided in 1987, losing the area now part of Katsina State.
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It is
generally believed that Zaria is one of the seven Hausa States
of the early 15th century and among the largest. The other name
for Zaria is Zazzau and the inhabitants are called Zage-zage
or Zazzagawa.
Tradition
has it that the name Zazzau is derived from a famous sword
which was honoured in those days by the Zazzagawa and helped
to give a kind of ethnic identity years before the recognition
of any king by Zaria people.
There
were sixty "Habe" (the name given to Hausa people before the
Fulani conquest of Hausaland in 1804) rulers (Kings and Queens)
who rules Zaria town. The first ruler was called GUNGUMA,
and the 22nd was called Bakwa Turunku (it is still not certain
whether Bakwa Turunku was a male or a female).
Bakwa
Turunku had two daughters and their names were always linked
to the history of Zazzau. The older daughter was called Amina,
after whom the original wall, which has a length of about
15 kilometres round the city of Zaria is called. Zaria the
younger daughter gave her name to the modern emirate and its
capital.
Aminna
ruled Zaria had was known as a great warrior, her territories
stretching as far to Bauchi in the east and extending as far
south as the River Niger. She build a walled town wherever
she conquered. Tradition also maintains that Queen Amina was
nnever married to a fulltime husband all her life. She took
a temporary husband where ever she sojourned and had him killed
the following morning so that he would never live to narrate
his experiences with her. Queen Amina died in Atagara in the
present-day Niger State near Bida during one of her campaigns.
According
to an oral tradition, Zaria, Queen Amina's sister married
a king of Zazzau but later became bored with married life
and decided to escape to the north.
Kadunna
State provides the meeting point of the earliest histories
of Nigeria. It is the home of Nok which gave its name to the
oldest culture of Nigeria - the Nok culture
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Kaduna state is blessed with minerals which
include clay, serpentine, asbestos, amethyst, kyannite, gold,
graphite and siltimanite graphite, which is found in Sabon
Birnin Gwari, in the Birnin Gwari local government. This is
an important raw material used in the manufacture of pencils,
crucibles, electrodes, generator brushes and other sundry
parts
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A number of notable educational institutions
in the country are located in the State. They are Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, School of Health
Technology, the Federal Fishery Training Institute, Kaduna,
College of Advanced Studies, Zaria and College of Education,
Kafanchan.
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Luggard Hall and Government Monument Bridge
* General Hassan Usman Park, Man-made Kaduna * Nok Terra Cotta,
Nok Village, Cultural Kaduna * National Museum Museum/Monument
* Emir of Zazzau's Palace, Zaria Cultural * Jakaranda Pottery,
Kaduna Souvenir
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Birni-Gwari,
Chikun, Giwa, Igabi, Ikara, jaba, Jema'a, Kachia, Kaduna North,
Kaduna South, Kagarko, Kajuru, Kaura, Kauru, Kubau, Kudan,
Lere, Makarfi, Sabon-Gari, Sanga, Soba, Zango-Kataf, Zaria.
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www.kaduna-state.com
Schools
on The Web:
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State
Liason Office:
Plot 1232 Bishop Oluwole Street,Victoria Island Lagos. C/o
Kano State Govt, 1 Aba Close, Section1, Area 8,Abuja
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