Katsina State

E69533
state in Nigeria

Katsina State is a predominantly Hausa-Fulani state in northern Nigeria known for its historic emirate, Islamic scholarship, and agriculture-based economy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Katsina State canonical 22
Katsina 7
Katsina State Government 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borders Jigawa State ⓘ
Kaduna State ⓘ
Kano State ⓘ
Republic of Niger ⓘ
surface form: Niger Republic

Zamfara State ⓘ
capital Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Kaduna State ⓘ
createdOn 1987-09-23 ⓘ
dominantReligion Islam ⓘ
economicActivity crop farming ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
federalUniversity Federal University Dutsin-Ma ⓘ
geopoliticalZone North West Nigeria ⓘ
hasCity Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina
hasGovernorTitle Governor of Katsina State ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 34 ⓘ
hasTown Daura ⓘ
Dutsin-Ma ⓘ
Funtua ⓘ
Kankia ⓘ
Malumfashi ⓘ
hasTraditionalInstitution Daura Emirate ⓘ
Katsina Emirate ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of pre-colonial Hausa city-states ⓘ
important center of Islamic learning in Hausaland ⓘ
isoCode NG-KT ⓘ
knownFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
agriculture-based economy ⓘ
historic emirate ⓘ
largestCity Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina
legislature Katsina State House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Nigeria ⓘ
majorCrop cotton ⓘ
groundnut ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
namedAfter Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina
officialLanguage English ⓘ
region Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahel belt of Nigeria
stateUniversity Umaru Musa Yar’adua University ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode KT ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasState → Katsina State ⓘ
Durbar festival → location → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Muhammadu Buhari → placeOfBirth → Katsina State ⓘ
Katsina Emirate → capital → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina Emirate → modernLocation → Katsina State ⓘ
Kano State → borders → Katsina State ⓘ
Kaduna State → borders → Katsina State ⓘ
Jigawa State → bordersWith → Katsina State ⓘ
Zamfara State → bordersState → Katsina State ⓘ
Gobir → neighboringEntity → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Sharia Courts → presentIn → Katsina State ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)
Daura → locatedIn → Katsina State ⓘ
Daura → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina State, Nigeria
Katsina United F.C. → basedIn → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina United F.C. → homeCity → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina United F.C. → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Katsina State ⓘ
Katsina United F.C. → homeGroundLocation → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina United F.C. → represents → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina United F.C. → representsRegion → Katsina State ⓘ
Emir of Katsina → locatedIn → Katsina State ⓘ
Emir of Katsina → recognizedBy → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina State Government
city of Katsina → locatedIn → Katsina State ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina
city of Katsina → capitalOf → Katsina State ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina
Katsina royal palace (Gidan Korau) → locatedIn → Katsina State ⓘ
Katsina central mosque → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Katsina State ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina Central Mosque
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria → state → Katsina State ⓘ
Daura Emirate → locatedIn → Katsina State ⓘ
Daura Emirate → recognizedBy → Katsina State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina State government
North-Central State → reorganizedInto → Katsina State ⓘ
North-Central State → hasSuccessor → Katsina State ⓘ
North-Central State → hasTerritoryNowIn → Katsina State ⓘ
Dutsin-Ma → locatedIn → Katsina State ⓘ