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Katsina
Katsina State, Nigeria · Africa
About Katsina
Katsina sits on the route: 20 minutes from Batagarawa.
Katsina is in Katsina State, Nigeria, with about 670,000 people. The nearest town is Batagarawa, about 9 km away.
Katsina
is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Katsina State, in northern Nigeria.
Located some 260 kilometres (160 mi) east of the city of Sokoto and 135 kilometres (84 mi) northwest of Kano, close to the border with Niger Republic, in 2016, Katsina's population was estimated at 429,000.
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centre of an agricultural region noted for production of groundnuts, cotton, hides, millet and guinea corn and also has mills for producing peanut oil and steel. It was also a center for large scale livestock farming of cows, goats, sheep and chickens.
The city has a largely Muslim population, mainly from the Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups.
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Katsina is in Katsina State, Nigeria, about 9 km from Batagarawa.
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- Population
- 670,000
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Katsina State
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 12.9908, 7.6018
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