Kano

For other uses of the word Kano see Kano (disambiguation).

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Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the largest city in northern Nigeria, with a population of 1,166,554 (2004).

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Kano State - City - Nigeria - 2004

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It has long been an economic centre of the northern half of Nigeria, and a centre for the production and export of groundnuts. Kano houses a university and a railway station with trains to Lagos via Kaduna, while Kano International Airport lies nearby. and one of the nation's most prestigious mosques. It has long been a centre of Islamic culture in Nigeria.

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Groundnut - University - Railway station - Lagos - Kaduna - Kano International Airport - Mosques

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Formerly walled, most of the Old City gates survive. The Old City houses the vast Kurmi Market, known for its crafts, while old dye pits ? still in use ? lie nearby. Also in the Old City are the fifteenth century Sahelian Emir?s Palace, neighbouring Kano Central Mosque and the Gidan Makama Mosque. The Gida Dan Hausa huse is another architecturally notable building.

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Walled - Kurmi Market - Crafts - Dye pit - Fifteenth century - Sahelian - Emir?s Palace - Kano Central Mosque - Gidan Makama Mosque - Gida Dan Hausa

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Christians and followers of non-muslim religions form only a small part of the population, and traditionally lived in the Sabon Gari, or Foreign Quarter. In the 1970s and again in 2001 there were inter religious riots in which hundreds are reported to have died - most recently over the introduction of Islamic sharia law.

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Islam - Sharia

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