Zaria
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Zaria is a historic city in northern Nigeria known as an important center of Hausa culture, Islamic scholarship, and trade.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zaria City (old city) | 1 |
| city of Zaria | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| climate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Sahelian cultural zone ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Muslim population ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agricultural trade
ⓘ
livestock trade ⓘ textile production ⓘ |
| educationRole | major university town in Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Hausa people ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Hausa architecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa traditional architecture
Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Ahmadu Bello University
ⓘ
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital ⓘ Nigerian College of Aviation Technology ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Kofar Doka gate
ⓘ
Kofar Kibo gate ⓘ Palace of the Emir of Zazzau ⓘ Zaria City Walls ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sabon Gari
ⓘ
Samara NERFINISHED ⓘ Tudun Wada ⓘ Zaria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zaria City (old city)
|
| historicalRole |
center of trans-Saharan trade
ⓘ
major Hausa city-state ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the original Hausa city-states ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hausa culture
ⓘ
Islamic scholarship ⓘ education ⓘ textile trade ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kaduna State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hausaland
ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa land
|
| region | Savanna region of Nigeria ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousInstitution | central mosques ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | Emir of Zazzau ⓘ |
| timeZone |
West Africa Time (WAT)
ⓘ
surface form:
West Africa Time
|
| traditionalState | Zazzau Emirate ⓘ |
| transport |
served by highway network
ⓘ
served by railway ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
city of Zaria