Northern Region of Nigeria

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former administrative region former subdivision of Nigeria

The Northern Region of Nigeria was a former administrative division of Nigeria during the colonial and early post-independence periods, encompassing much of the country’s northern area and dominated politically by Hausa-Fulani emirates and Islamic institutions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Region of Nigeria (postcolonial period) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region ⓘ
former subdivision of Nigeria ⓘ
abolishedBy creation of 12 states in Nigeria ⓘ
borderedBy Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ
French West Africa (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Kaduna NERFINISHED ⓘ
cashCrops cotton ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
hides and skins ⓘ
colonialAdministration British indirect rule ⓘ
containsCity Bauchi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ilorin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaduna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katsina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lokoja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maiduguri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makurdi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sokoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTraditionalState Borno Emirate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ilorin Emirate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kano Emirate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
dateAbolished 1967 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1914 ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroups Fulani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hausa NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantReligion Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicBase agriculture ⓘ
governedBy Northern People’s Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
largestCity Kano NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem combination of Islamic law and customary law ⓘ
legislature Northern House of Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguaFranca Hausa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Nigerian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalInfluence dominated by Hausa-Fulani elite ⓘ
politicalStructure indirect rule through emirates ⓘ
premier Ahmadu Bello NERFINISHED ⓘ
premierTitle Sardauna of Sokoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
reorganizedAsRegion 1954 ⓘ
succeededBy Benue-Plateau State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwara State NERFINISHED ⓘ
North-Central State NERFINISHED ⓘ
North-Eastern State NERFINISHED ⓘ
North-Western State NERFINISHED ⓘ
upperLegislativeBody Northern House of Chiefs NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katsina Emirate → subdivisionOf → Northern Region of Nigeria ⓘ
Kano State → createdFrom → Northern Region of Nigeria ⓘ
Kaduna State → isCapitalOfFormerRegion → Northern Region of Nigeria ⓘ
Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration → successor → Northern Region of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Cameroons
Hadejia Emirate → subdivisionOf → Northern Region of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Region of Nigeria (postcolonial period)