Zamfara State

E70525

state in Nigeria

Zamfara State is a predominantly rural, Muslim-majority state in northwestern Nigeria known for its agriculture, gold deposits, and early adoption of Sharia law.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Zamfara State canonical	10
Zamfara	5
Zamfara State executive branch	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	state in Nigeria ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	cowpeas ⓘ groundnuts ⓘ maize ⓘ millet ⓘ sorghum ⓘ
belongsTo	Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
bordersCountry	Niger ⓘ
bordersState	Kaduna State ⓘ Katsina State ⓘ Kebbi State ⓘ Niger State ⓘ Sokoto State ⓘ
capital	Gusau ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom	Sokoto State ⓘ
dateEstablished	1996-10-01 ⓘ
demographics	Muslim-majority population ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroup	Fulani ⓘ Hausa people ⓘ surface form: Hausa
economicActivity	crop farming ⓘ livestock rearing ⓘ
federalCapital	Abuja ⓘ
governorTitle	Governor of Zamfara State ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms	Coat of arms of Zamfara State ⓘ
hasFlag	Flag of Zamfara State ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas	14 ⓘ
hasShariaLegalSystem	true ⓘ
introducedShariaLaw	1999 ⓘ
isoCode	NG-ZA ⓘ
isPredominantlyRural	true ⓘ
knownFor	agriculture ⓘ early adoption of Sharia law ⓘ gold deposits ⓘ
largestCity	Gusau ⓘ
legislature	Zamfara State House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	North West Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Northwestern Nigeria
majorLanguage	Hausa ⓘ
naturalResource	gold ⓘ granite ⓘ limestone ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
region	Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
timeZone	West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ
vehiclePlateCode	Zamfara State self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zamfara

Referenced by (16)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasState → Zamfara State ⓘ

Sokoto → borderedBy → Zamfara State ⓘ

Kaduna State → borders → Zamfara State ⓘ

Sokoto State → bordersState → Zamfara State ⓘ

Katsina State → borders → Zamfara State ⓘ

Zamfara State → vehiclePlateCode → Zamfara State self-linksurface differs ⓘ