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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Northern Nigeria canonical 163
northern Nigeria 13
Northern Nigeria Protectorate 9

Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Nigeria ⓘ
colonialAdministration Northern Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 (197)

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

Nigeria → containsRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Hausa → nativeTo → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Hausa → isLinguaFrancaIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → colonialAdministration → Northern Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate
Northern Nigeria → hasSubregion → Northern Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North West Nigeria
Kano → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Nigeria
Western Nigeria → borders → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate → followedBy → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate
Fulfulde → linguaFrancaIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Nigeria
Durbar festival → region → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
All Progressives Congress → hasStrongholdRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: North West Nigeria
Hausa-Fulani → majorPopulationIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Nigeria
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)
Zazzau Emirate → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → traditionalState → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → culturalRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arewa (Northern Nigeria)
Gombe → countrySubdivision → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Nigerian Arabic → spokenIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Nigeria
Maliki → geographicalDistribution → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigeria (northern regions)
Emir of Kano → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Emir of Kano → partOf → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Nigerian emirate system
Kurmi Market → locatedInRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Kano Pillars F.C. → region → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Bompai industrial estate → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Bompai industrial estate → region → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Nigeria
Southern Nigeria → borders → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria → includedRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Zaria → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Katsina Emirate → subdivisionOf → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate
Kaduna → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Sokoto → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Nigeria
Bauchi → region → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Kano State → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Kano State → isMajorCommercialCentreIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Kano State → isMajorCulturalCentreIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Kaduna State → region → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Hausa people → culturalRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Katsina State → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Jigawa State → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Kebbi State → belongsTo → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Bauchi State → geographicalRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Bayero University Kano → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Bayero University Kano → regionServed → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Chadic languages → usedAsLinguaFrancaIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Nigeria
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Nigeria
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport → servesRegion → Northern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Nigeria
Dawanau grain market → locatedIn → Northern Nigeria ⓘ