Kaduna State State nickname: Liberal State
Location
Statistics
Governor (List)	Mohammed Namadi Sambo (PDP)
Date Created	27 May 1967
Capital	Kaduna
Area	46,053 km² Ranked 3rd
Population 2006 Census 1991 Census	Ranked 3rd 6,066,562 3,935,618
ISO 3166-2	NG-KD

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Geography

The state is located at the southern end of Nigeria's High Plains.

History

The state is the successor to the old Northern Region of Nigeria, which had its capital at Kaduna. In 1967 this was split up into six states, one of which was the North-Central State, whose name was changed to Kaduna State in 1976. This was further divided in 1987, losing the area now part of Katsina State.Under the governance of kaduna is the ancient city of Zaria or synanimously as it was called "Zauzau Emirate". The Northern Region was one of Nigerias federal divisions. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 1987. ... Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria. ...

Administrative divisions

Kaduna State is comprised of 23 Local Government Areas. They are: Nigeria has 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). ...

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Demographics

Kaduna State is mostly populated by Hausa, Gbagyi Katab and Bajjuu ethnic communities. [1] The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African regions of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger. ...

Sources

• Nigeria Congress
• Nigeria Exchange

External Links

• Official State Government Web Site

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Coordinates: 10°20′N, 7°45′E Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...