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| Capital: |
Katsina |
| Area: |
24,192
km²square |
| Population: |
4,437,241
(1997 FOS est.) |
| Language: |
Hausa |
| Governor: |
Ibrahim
Shema (PDP) |
| ISO
3166-2: |
NG-KT |
| Date
Created: |
23
September 1987 |
| Population
Rank: |
Ranked
5th |
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Katsina
State is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina.
The state was formed in 1987 from part of Kaduna State.
The State is bounded in the East by Kano State, in the West
by Sokoto State, in the South by Kaduna State and in the North
by the Niger Republic.
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Katsina
State was created in September 1989 and carved out of the former
Kaduna State.
It is
made up of two emirates which feature prominently in the establishment
of the seven Hausa Kingdoms.
The lineage
between Bayajida and Daurama produced the founders of Daura,
Katsina, Zaria, Kano, Rano Gobir and Biram. The legendary
Kusugu well where the snake called Sarki was slain is one
of the torist attractions of Daura.
Katsina
was founded by Kumayo and before the Fulani conquest had been
an important seat of learning and a commercial centre of the
trans-Saharan Trade. It provided one of the earliest education
centres of the north.
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300 years old Gobarau Minaret Katsina Monument/Cultural
* 10th Century Kusugu Well, Monument/Cultural Daura * Emir
of Katsina Palace Cultural * 11th Century KASTINA City Walls
of 7 gates Monument/Cultural * Jibia Holiday Resort, Jibia
Resort/Man-made
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Mainly hausa and
fulani
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Bakori,
Batagarawa, Batsari, Baure, Bindawa, Charanchi, Dandume, Danja,
Dan Musa, Daura, Dutsi, Dutsin-Ma, Faskari, Funtua, Ingawa,
Jibia, Kafur, Kaita, Kankara, Kankia, Katsina, Kurfi, Kusada,
Mai'Adua, Malumfashi, Mani, Mashi, Matazuu, Musawa, Rimi,
Sabuwa, Safana, Sandamu, Zango.
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Schools
on The Web:
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State
Liason Office:
26/28, Kofo Abayomi Street Victoria Island Lagos. Block 14/15
Imani Estate, Shehu Shagari way, Maitama District Garki Abuja
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