Zungeru, Northern Nigeria Protectorate
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Zungeru, in the former Northern Nigeria Protectorate, was a colonial administrative town notable as the birthplace of Nigeria’s first president, Nnamdi Azikiwe.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zungeru, Northern Nigeria Protectorate canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial administrative town
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settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWithOfficeHolder | Nnamdi Azikiwe, first President of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialAdministrationType | British colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasNotablePersonBornHere | Nnamdi Azikiwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | British colonial period in Nigeria ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important site in the formation of colonial Northern Nigeria administration ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | former administrative capital of Northern Nigeria Protectorate ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Hausa-speaking region of Nigeria ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nigeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Nigeria Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Niger State ⓘ |
| locatedOn | banks of the Kaduna River region (broadly in north-central Nigeria) ⓘ |
| namedInContextOf | Northern Nigeria Protectorate capital history ⓘ |
| notableAs | birthplace of Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ |
| partOf | British Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayStatus | small town in Niger State, Nigeria ⓘ |
| region | northern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | administrative headquarters of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeCenter | Kaduna (as later capital of Northern Nigeria) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence | early 20th century ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure | served by railway during colonial period ⓘ |
| usedAs | colonial administrative center ⓘ |
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