Gusau is the capital of Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, founded around 1799 by Mallam Muhammadu Sambo Dan Ashafa, a disciple of the Islamic scholar Usman dan Fodio, and it grew prominent after the fall of nearby Yandoto in 1806. Its local government area recorded a population of 383,162 in the 2006 census, with a 2022 estimate of 682,700, in a population that is predominantly Hausa. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Gusau (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 383,162 (2022)
2. Gusau (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Gusau is a city in northwestern Nigeria.
History
It was founded around 1799 by Mallam Muhammadu Sambo Dan Ashafa, a disciple of dan Fodio.
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Gusau coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevationQuote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 426.0 ]
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.25, 6.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.25, 6.75
12.25 6.75 Aw
5. GeoNames: Gusau - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2339937, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2339937, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
12.17024 6.66412 P PPLA NG 57 807 80708 226857 451 Africa/Lagos
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