Northern Nigeria

E9154
region of Nigeria

Northern Nigeria is the predominantly Muslim, Hausa-Fulani–dominated northern part of Nigeria, known for its distinct cultural, religious, and historical identity within the country.

Aliases (8)
Statements (86)
Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Nigeria →
colonialAdministration Northern Nigeria →
surface form: "Northern Nigeria Protectorate"
country Nigeria →
dominantReligiousBranch Sunni Islam →
hasCashCrop cotton →
groundnuts →
millet →
sorghum →
hasClimate semi-arid →
tropical savanna →
hasCulturalFeature Durbar festival →
Hausa architecture →
Islamic scholarship →
Quranic schools →
emirate system →
hasDemographicCharacteristic high fertility rate →
large youth population →
predominantly Muslim population →
hasEconomicActivity commercial agriculture →
livestock rearing →
subsistence agriculture →
trade →
hasHistoricalEntity Bornu Empire →
Kano →
surface form: "Kano Emirate"

Katsina Emirate →
Sokoto Caliphate →
Zazzau Emirate →
hasLanguage Arabic (liturgical) →
English →
Fulfulde →
Hausa →
Kanuri →
hasLegalSystemComponent Sharia →
surface form: "Sharia law"
hasMajorCity Bauchi →
Gombe →
Ilorin →
Jos →
Kaduna →
Kano →
Katsina Emirate →
surface form: "Katsina"

Maiduguri →
Minna →
Sokoto →
Yola →
Zaria →
hasMajorEthnicGroup Fulani →
Hausa →
Hausa-Fulani →
hasMajorReligion Islam →
hasMajorRiver Benue River →
Niger River →
hasSecurityIssue Boko Haram insurgency →
banditry →
farmer-herder conflicts →
hasSignificantReligion Christianity →
hasSocioeconomicCharacteristic higher poverty rate than southern Nigeria →
lower average educational attainment than southern Nigeria →
hasState Adamawa State →
Bauchi State →
Benue State →
Borno State →
Federal Capital Territory →
Gombe →
surface form: "Gombe State"

Jigawa State →
Kaduna State →
Kano State →
Katsina State →
Kebbi State →
Kogi State →
Kwara State →
Nasarawa State →
Niger State →
Plateau State →
Sokoto State →
Taraba State →
Yobe State →
Zamfara State →
hasSubregion Middle Belt →
surface form: "North Central Nigeria"

North East Nigeria →
Northern Nigeria →
surface form: "North West Nigeria"
locatedIn Nigeria →
Sub-Saharan Africa →
West Africa →
partOf Nigeria →
wasAdministeredBy British Empire →
wasMergedInto Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria →
Referenced by (30)

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

Western Nigeria → borders → Northern Nigeria →
Northern Nigeria → colonialAdministration → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Northern Nigeria Protectorate"
Nigeria → containsRegion → Northern Nigeria →
Gombe → countrySubdivision → Northern Nigeria →
Zazzau Emirate → culturalRegion → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Arewa (Northern Nigeria)"
Sokoto Caliphate → followedBy → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Northern Nigeria Protectorate"
Maliki → geographicalDistribution → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Nigeria (northern regions)"
this entity surface form: "North West Nigeria"
Northern Nigeria → hasSubregion → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "North West Nigeria"
British West Africa → includes → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Northern Nigeria Protectorate"
Hausa → isLinguaFrancaIn → Northern Nigeria →
Fulfulde → linguaFrancaIn → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "northern Nigeria"
Bompai industrial estate → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria →
Emir of Kano → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria →
Federal Capital Territory → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria →
Kano → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "northern Nigeria"
Zazzau Emirate → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria →
Kurmi Market → locatedInRegion → Northern Nigeria →
Hausa-Fulani → majorPopulationIn → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "northern Nigeria"
Hausa → nativeTo → Northern Nigeria →
Emir of Kano → partOf → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Northern Nigerian emirate system"
Hausa-Fulani → politicallyInfluentialIn → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Northern Region of Nigeria (historical)"
Hausa-Fulani → politicallyInfluentialIn → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Arewa (Northern Nigeria)"
Bompai industrial estate → region → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "North-West Nigeria"
Durbar festival → region → Northern Nigeria →
Kano Pillars F.C. → region → Northern Nigeria →
Nigerian Arabic → spokenIn → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "northern Nigeria"
Katsina Emirate → subdivisionOf → Northern Nigeria →
this entity surface form: "Northern Nigeria Protectorate"
Zazzau Emirate → traditionalState → Northern Nigeria →
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