Zaria, formerly known as Zazzau, is a metropolitan city in Kaduna State, Nigeria, serving as capital of the Zazzau Emirate Council and counted among the seven original Hausa city-states. A historic center of Islamic scholarship, craft production and trade in northern Nigeria, Zaria is today also home to Ahmadu Bello University, one of the largest universities in Africa, which has made the city an important educational center.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Zaria (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
766,007
Infobox: population_as_of
2023
Infobox, Area, Total
563 km2 (217 sq mi)
Infobox, Coordinates
11.067°N 7.700°E
- Wikipedia infobox field 'Established' = 'c. 1536 or earlier' on the 'Zaria' article, read and judged (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Zaria - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2317765
11.11128 7.7227 P PPL NG 23 19019 KD1903 980000 644 Africa/Lagos
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 644 m
View the Source 3. 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 11.25, 7.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.25, 7.75
11.25 7.75 Aw
Wikidata: Zaria
Wikidata Q147975, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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