Kano State (Nigeria)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מדינת קאנו (ניגריה)
Name (Latin)
Kano State (Nigeria)
Other forms of name
nnaa Kano, Nigeria (State)
Kano State of Nigeria
Coordinates
E0083000 E0083000 N0113000 N0113000 (geonet )
Associated country
Nigeria
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 158264051
Wikidata: Q682571
Library of congress: n 79064874
OCoLC: oca00297800
Sources of Information
  • GEOnet, Feb. 17, 2006(Kano [short form] State--ADM1, 11°30ʹN 08°30ʹE; NI29)
  • Kano online Web site, viewed Feb. 17, 2006(When modern Kano State was created in 1967 and formally came into being on April 1st 1968, it had four separate emirates: Kano, Hadejia, Gumel & Kazaure; because of Jigawa State being carved out of Kano State, it [now] has one emirate: Kano)
  • New encyc. Brit., micro., v. 5, c1983(Kano; historic kingdom, emirate, and state in northern Nigeria; became an emirate in the 1800s; became a province in 1903; in 1968, Kano State was formed)
  • Fourth national development plan 1981-85, 1986?:t.p. (Kano State of Nigeria)