Sokoto State

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state in Nigeria

Sokoto State is a predominantly Muslim, Hausa-Fulani–majority state in northwestern Nigeria known historically as the seat of the Sokoto Caliphate and a major center of Islamic scholarship.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sokoto State canonical 12
Sokoto State, Nigeria 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
bordersCountry Niger ⓘ
bordersState Kebbi State ⓘ
Zamfara State ⓘ
capital Sokoto ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
dominantClimateCharacteristic hot and dry ⓘ
dominantLegalSystem Sharia ⓘ
surface form: Sharia law (for Muslims)

customary law ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
educationalInstitution Usmanu Danfodiyo University ⓘ
ethnicMajority Hausa-Fulani ⓘ
geographicFeature semi-arid region ⓘ
hasAirport Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport ⓘ
hasExecutiveHead Governor of Sokoto State ⓘ
hasHigherInstitution Sokoto State University ⓘ
hasLegislature Sokoto State House of Assembly ⓘ
hasTraditionalInstitution Sultan of Sokoto ⓘ
historicalEntityPrecededBy Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
historicalFigureAssociated Muhammadu Bello ⓘ
Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
historicalSignificance seat of the Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
knownFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
locatedInRegion North West Nigeria ⓘ
northwestern Nigeria ⓘ
majorCrop cowpea ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
Hausa people ⓘ
surface form: Hausa
majorLivestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Sokoto ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
politicalSubdivisionOf Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
religiousDemography predominantly Muslim ⓘ
religiousHeritage center of Qadiriyya Sufi order influence ⓘ
center of Tijaniyya Sufi order influence ⓘ
religiousInstitution Sultan Bello Mosque ⓘ
religiousRole center of Sunni Islam in Nigeria ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
traditionalTitleHolder Sultan of Sokoto as spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
widelySpokenLanguage Hausa ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasState → Sokoto State ⓘ
Sokoto → locatedIn → Sokoto State ⓘ
Sokoto → capitalOf → Sokoto State ⓘ
Zamfara State → createdFrom → Sokoto State ⓘ
Zamfara State → bordersState → Sokoto State ⓘ
Kebbi State → createdFrom → Sokoto State ⓘ
Kebbi State → borders → Sokoto State ⓘ
Sokoto River → flowsThrough → Sokoto State ⓘ
Gobir → modernLocationIncludes → Sokoto State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto State, Nigeria
Sharia Courts → presentIn → Sokoto State ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)
Sultan Abubakar College → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Sokoto State ⓘ
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria → state → Sokoto State ⓘ
Sultan Bello Mosque → locatedIn → Sokoto State ⓘ