Zaria

E65252
city

Zaria is a historic city in northern Nigeria known as an important center of Hausa culture, Islamic scholarship, and trade.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Zaria canonical 30
Zaria (city in Nigeria) 1
Zaria City (old city) 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
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 (35)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasMajorCity → Zaria ⓘ
Durbar festival → location → Zaria ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → capital → Zaria ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → centeredOn → Zaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Zaria
Zaria → hasPart → Zaria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaria City (old city)
Hausa people → historicalCity → Zaria ⓘ
Hausaland → majorCity → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria Peterson in The Parent 'Hood → givenName → Zaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Zaria Peterson
Hausa city-states → hasCapital → Zaria ⓘ
Hausa city-states → notableCity → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria Peterson → givenName → Zaria ⓘ
Emir of Zazzau → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Emir of Zazzau → capital → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria Emirate → capital → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria Emirate → centeredOn → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria Local Government Area → hasAdministrativeCenter → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria Local Government Area → namedAfter → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria Local Government Area → contains → Zaria ⓘ
Countess Joanna Zaria of Orange-Nassau → givenName → Zaria ⓘ
Countess Joanna Zaria of Orange-Nassau → namedAfter → Zaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaria (city in Nigeria)
Sabon Gari → foundInCity → Zaria ⓘ
Tudun Wada → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Tudun Wada → administrativeDivisionOf → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria City Walls → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria City Walls → namedAfter → Zaria ⓘ
Zaria City Walls → surrounds → Zaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: old city of Zaria
Palace of the Emir of Zazzau → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Kofar Doka gate → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Kofar Doka gate → near → Zaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaria city center
Nigerian College of Aviation Technology → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Kofar Kibo gate → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ
Kaduna River → passesNearCity → Zaria ⓘ
Ahmadu Bello University → locatedIn → Zaria ⓘ