Daura
E294467
Daura is a historic town in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, regarded as a cultural center of the Hausa people and known as the hometown of former president Muhammadu Buhari.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daura canonical | 9 |
| Daura city | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical settlement
ⓘ
local government area ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | local government headquarters ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicCulturalCenterOf | Hausa people ⓘ |
| governingSystemTraditional | emirate system ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType | traditional Hausa architecture ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage |
Hausa language scholarship
ⓘ
Hausa royal traditions ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
Hausa festivals
ⓘ
traditional emirate ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Hausa people
ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa
|
| hasHistoricalRole |
center of early Hausa political organization
ⓘ
important node in trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ |
| hasMinorityEthnicGroup | Fulani ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson |
Emir Umar Faruk Umar
ⓘ
Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalInstitution | Daura Emirate ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important center in Hausa Bakwai tradition
ⓘ
one of the oldest Hausa city-states ⓘ |
| hometownOf | Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ |
| isInland | true ⓘ |
| knownAs | cultural center of the Hausa people ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hausa cultural heritage
ⓘ
Islamic scholarship ⓘ being hometown of Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ traditional institutions ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Hausa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Katsina State
ⓘ
Sahelian zone of Nigeria ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision |
Katsina State
ⓘ
surface form:
Katsina State, Nigeria
|
| locatedInRegion | Northern Nigeria ⓘ |
| partOf |
Katsina Emirate
ⓘ
surface form:
Katsina Emirate area
|
| postalCodeType | Nigerian postal code ⓘ |
| region |
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
North-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
|
| religionMajority | Islam ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | Local Government Area ⓘ |
| timeZone |
West Africa Time (WAT)
ⓘ
surface form:
West Africa Time
|
| traditionalRulerTitle | Emir of Daura ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Daura city