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Katsina (city)

Capital city of Katsina State, Nigeria

Field	Value
official_name	Katsina
native_name
nicknames	KT, KT 1T, Katsina ta Korau ɗakin kara.
settlement_type
image_skyline	SAN 8439 (Katsina Emir Palace).jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Emir's Palace in Katsina
pushpin_map	Nigeria
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Nigeria
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	[[Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg	25px]] Nigeria
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	[[Image:Flag of Katsina State.svg	25px]] Katsina State
leader_title	Chairman
leader_name	Hamisu Gambo
leader_title1	Emir
leader_name1	Abdulmumini Kabir Usman
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	142
population_as_of	2006
population_total	318,459
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	West Africa Time
coordinates
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	8
mapframe-wikidata	yes
mapframe-marker	village
postal_code_type	3-digit postal code prefix
postal_code	820
iso_code	NG.KT.KA
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	BSh

| mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-marker = village

Katsina is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Katsina State, in northern Nigeria.

Located some 160 mi east of the city of Sokoto and 84 mi northwest of Kano, close to the border with Niger Republic, in 2016, Katsina's population was estimated at 429,000.

The city is the 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.

History

Main article: History of Katsina

Surrounded by city wall 21 km in length, Katsina is believed to have been founded circa 1100. In pre-Islamic times, Katsina's semi-divine ruler was known as the Sarki, who faced a summary death-sentence if found to be ruling incompetently. From the 17th to the 18th century, Katsina was the commercial heart of Hausaland and became the largest of the seven Hausa city-states. Katsina was conquered by the Fulani during the Fulani War in 1807. In 1903, the Emir, Abubakar dan Ibrahim, accepted British rule, which continued until Nigerian independence from Britain in 1960.

The city's history of western-style education dates back to the early 1950s, when the first middle school in northern Nigeria was established (Katsina Teachers College). There are now several institutions of higher learning, including two universities: Umaru Musa Yar'adua University and the private Alqalam University, a polytechnic Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic and a Federal College of Education, Katsina. The city of Katsina is also home to an 18th-century mosque featuring the Gobarau Minaret, a 50 ft tower made from mud and palm branches.

File:The Emir of Katsena, Magagin on his right and district headmen, police in the background.png|The Emir of Katsina, Muhammad Dikko dan Gidado, and other officials, 1911 File:Katsina, 1911.png|Livestock market in Katsina, 1911 File:Katsina.png|Aerial view of Katsina

Katsina Emirate

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Religion

There are mainly two religions existing in Katsina, which are;

Islam
Christianity

Local government areas

Katsina State has 34 local governments. The local government area of Katsina is an area of 142 km2, with a population of 429,000 as of 2016. The local governments are as follows:

Batagarawa
Bindawa
Rimi
Charanchi
Bakori
Danja
Funtua
Jibiya
Batsari
Kankara
Kankia
Faskari
Malumfashi
Kafur
Kurfi
Matazu
Musawa
Dan-Musa
Safana
Dutsin-Ma
Dandume
Baure
Katsina
Mani
Kusada
Sabuwa
Mashi
Zango
Sandamu
Daura
Mai'Adua
Ingawa
Kaita
Dutsi}}

Source: Katsina culture and history board, office of the surveyor of Katsina State.

The postal code of the area is 820.

Education

Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina (UMYU)
Al-Qalam University, Katsina (former Islamic University Katsina)
Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic
Federal College of Education, Katsina
Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management (KTSITM)
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)
Cherish Enterprises Institute
Katsina Community College of Education
Danfodio College of Arabic and Islamic studies.

Media stations

104.5 – Radio Nigeria Companion FM (FRCN), Katsina,
Katsina 972 MW – Katsina State Radio (AM), Katsina,
92.1 – Vision FM Katsina,
106.5 – Ray Power FM,
91.5 - Alfijir FM Radio Katsina.

Economy

The state's economy will be developed based on agriculture and solid minerals exploitation to create jobs and wealth through the utilization and mobilization of natural and human resources.

Geography

The capital of Katsina Emirate, Katsina, is situated 7 miles south of the Niger border in northern Nigeria. With over 500,000 people, Katsina is a major hub for the manufacturing of steel, textiles, and agricultural products. The city is home to a diversified cultural life as well as intriguing architecture, like as mosques and historic city walls.

Desertification

Desertification, caused by climate change and human activities, poses a significant environmental challenge in Katsina State, affecting socio-economic life and hindering basic human needs.

Flood

Water went away in Katsina City during a flood, causing two people to be swept away from their homes in the nearby town of Sabon Ungwa.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Katsina has a hot semi-arid climate, abbreviated BSh on climate maps. |Jan record high C = 38.2 |Feb record high C = 41.0 |Mar record high C = 43.0 |Apr record high C = 43.1 |May record high C = 43.0 |Jun record high C = 41.1 |Jul record high C = 39.0 |Aug record high C = 35.6 |Sep record high C = 37.4 |Oct record high C = 39.0 |Nov record high C = 38.4 |Dec record high C = 38.2 |year record high C = |Jan record low C = 5.0 |Feb record low C = 5.6 |Mar record low C = 4.4 |Apr record low C = 11.7 |May record low C = 13.0 |Jun record low C = 14.0 |Jul record low C = 13.3 |Aug record low C = 10.0 |Sep record low C = 12.0 |Oct record low C = 8.3 |Nov record low C = 5.6 |Dec record low C = 4.0 |year record low C = | access-date = 10 August 2016}}

Rainfall

Katsina State usually record zero average rainfall from November to March; 1 , in April, May and June respectively; and 85 , for the months of July, August, September and October.

The table below shows record of rainfall from 1990 to 2019 obtained from Nimet Katsina.

S/N	Code	Years	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October
1.	65028	1990	0	0	29.9	57.9	198.8	220.2	34.7	0
2.	65028	1991	10.8	12.2	73.5	58.8	71.5	109.7	21.1	1.4
3.	65028	1992	0	0	33.6	19.9	89.3	119.4	70.7	0.2
4.	65028	1993	0	0	4.5	42.3	69	94.5	51.7	0
5.	65028	1994	0	3.1	12.3	42.3	107.9	174.2	113.1	20.3
6.	65028	1995	0	10	30	70	80	120	80	10
7.	65028	1996	0	0	42.6	44.5	38.1	66.8	67.8	0
8.	65028	1997	7.2	9.5	89.5	30.4	91.1	153.7	56.5	8.3
9.	65028	1998	0	10.1	11.4	43.4	114.1	116.6	135.2	0.8
10.	65028	1999	0	0	4.2	22.4	149.2	89.8	132.3	18.4
11.	65028	2000	0	0	1.6	106.8	299.9	160.2	62.1	45
12.	65028	2001	0	16.9	83.9	110.8	176	240.9	70.6	0
13.	65028	2002	0	0	2.9	141.3	170.4	71.3	199.1	9.8
14.	65028	2003	0	4	52.8	57.2	118.2	275.5	75.1	16.4
15.	65028	2004	0	0	74.9	151.2	161.1	268.8	42	0
16.	65028	2005	0	14.8	18.4	83.2	173.7	216.1	194	50.4
17.	65028	2006	0	0	26.1	69.9	170.9	314.9	129.7	15
18.	65028	2007	0	6.2	84.9	135.2	117.4	314.9	45.5	0
19.	65028	2008	0	16.6	8.5	63.3	182.9	213.9	67.7	4.2
20.	65028	2009	0	0	95	57.9	96.5	123.3	38.3	29
21.	65028	2010	0	85.6	8.1	118.8	226.1	448.9	76.6	48.6
22.	65028	2011	0	0	38	149.2	116.6	180.6	67.3	8
23.	65028	2012	0	0	59.5	135.2	117.4	314.9	129.7	15
24.	65028	2013	0	42.4	36.7	103.2	89	274.7	107.6	10.2
25.	65028	2014	0	0	38.1	39.5	178.9	178.7	46.3	0
26.	65028	2015	0	0	0	89.1	178.9	274.7	46.3	9
27.	65028	2016	0	0	4.5	42.3	69	94.5	59.5	0
28.	65028	2017	0	10.1	11.4	62	114.1	16.6	135.2	0.8
29.	65028	2018	0	0	2.9	141.3	170.4	149.7	199.1	63.8
30.	65028	2019	0	11.6	8.1	118.8	232.7	359.1	98.6	26.6

Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Katsina 2021.

Temperature

Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or place.

Maximum temperatures

The temperature of Katsina is usually high, with April having the hottest average high temperature of 40.8 °C while December having the mildest average high temperature of 31.4 °C.

The table below contains the highest temperature each month from 1985 to 2017.

S/N	Code	Year	January	February	March	April	May	Juni	July	August	September	October	November	December
1.	65028	1985	31.7	29.7	36.5	36.5	38.6	35.9	31.6	31.3	33.2	35.5	33.9	28.2
2.	65028	1986	38.9	34.7	37	40.2	39.2	37	31.5	31.4	32.2	35.4	33.3	37.4
3.	65028	1987	30.4	33.6	36	37.6	40.1	36.6	35.1	32.6	34.4	35.7	34.1	30.1
4.	65028	1988	28.4	32	36.7	39	39.2	35.3	31.9	29.5	31.9	34.3	33.7	28.5
5.	65028	1989	26	28.4	35.2	39.3	38.3	36.2	32.4	30.9	32.6	33.6	33.6	29.6
6.	65028	1990	32.2	30.1	33.5	39.9	38.1	36.7	31.7	31.4	33.9	36.7	35.5	34
7.	65028	1991	29.4	35.9	35.9	39	35.3	35.1	31	30.5	34.4	36.4	33.3	28.9
8.	65038	1992	29.1	30.1	36.4	39	36.5	35.6	31	30.3	32.4	35.7	31.5	30.2
9.	65028	1993	36.5	32.5	36.5	39.3	39.3	36.5	33.3	31.5	33.1	36.9	35.5	29.5
10.	65028	1994	29.5	31.6	38.2	38.7	38.9	35.4	31.8	29.5	31.4	34.1	32.3	27.4
11.	65028	1995	27.7	31	38.1	38.8	38.3	36.1	32.9	30.9	32.6	35.4	32.2	31.7
12.	65028	1996	32.1	34.8	37.6	39.3	38.3	34.5	33.6	30.3	32.3	35.3	31.2	31.8
13.	65028	1997	31.3	28.5	34.8	38.3	36.5	35.1	32.4	31.7	33.6	36.5	35.6	30.4
14.	65028	1998	29.4	33.5	33.9	40.2	39.3	35.6	32.1	30.8	31.6	34.9	34.9	30.6
15.	65028	1999	30.8	34	39	39.5	39.3	38.1	31.7	29.5	31.4	33.4	33.2	29.7
16.	65028	2000	31	28.6	35.2	40.5	39.6	35.3	31	31	32.9	33.8	33.8	29.6
17.	65028	2001	29.3	30.4	36.9	38	37.8	34.3	31.3	30	32	34.8	33.6	31.9
18.	65028	2002	26.3	31.6	37	39.8	40.8	36	32.5	31.1	32.2	32.4	33.8	31
19.	65028	2003	34.7	35.3	39.6	39.4	34.4	35.6	31.3	30.8	32.8	33.8	33.5	31.7
20.	65028	2004	32	29.9	40	39	36.5	32	30	33	36	34	33.9	31.9
21	65028	2005	13.4	19.4	22	24	25.2	24.2	22.7	21.6	22.3	20	16.2	14
22.	65028	2006	15	18.1	20	21.4	26	25	23.2	22	22.2	22	15	11.8
23.	65028	2007	12.8	13.6	18.3	22.7	24.4	23.8	21.5	20.3	20.5	17.6	13.3	10.7
24.	65028	2008	9.5	14.4	20	21.2	23.2	22.8	21.1	19.5	19.8	17.5	13.3	11.5
25.	65028	2009	11.1	14.2	19.2	23.4	24.2	22.4	22.4	21.1	22.1	21.5	14.6	13.6
26.	65028	2010	14.5	17	19.7	23.8	23.7	23.8	22	20.7	21.9	19.6	14.3	14.1
27.	65028	2011	13.3	17.9	17.5	22.3	24.7	23.8	20.6	20.5	21.2	21.2	16.1	12.2
28.	65028	2012	12.6	16.4	18.6	25.4	26.3	23.4	21.3	20.4	21.8	22.1	19.0	14.6
29.	65028	2013	30.7	34.3	39.8	37.8	38.8	35.6	32.5	29.9	32.8	34.9	34.9	31.1
30.	65028	2014	30.8	32.2	37.5	39.7	37.6	36.6	33.4	30.7	32.5	35.9	34.8	30.7
31.	65028	2015	28.2	35.1	36.1	37.5	40.3	37.4	33.4	33.1	32.5	35.9	33.3	36.1
32.	65028	2016	28.2	32.5	38.5	40.5	39	35.1	32.2	30.9	32.3	36.5	35.5	30.7
33.	65028	2017	27.8	31.6	37.5	39.5	39	34.7	31.9	31	32.9	35.7	34.1	30.2

Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Katsina, 2021

Lowest temperatures

January is usually the coldest month of the year in Katsina having the lowest average low temperatures of 14.7 °C.

S/N	Code	Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
1.	65028	1985	16	14.7	22.6	24.2	26.7	24.4	22.2	22.2	22.6	21	17.5	14.7
2.	65028	1986	12.7	18	23.4	26.2	26.6	25.2	21.9	21.8	22.2	20.8	17.9	12.8
3.	65028	1987	13.1	16.7	21.4	22.3	25.2	24.9	23.9	22.6	23.6	22.5	17.5	14.5
4.	65028	1988	14.4	16.4	21.6	26.6	24.5	24.5	22.7	21.2	22.3	19.6	16.2	13.5
5.	65028	1989	11.1	13.8	18.9	23.1	25.1	24.4	22.2	21.7	22.8	20.6	15.8	13.8
6.	65028	1990	15.5	14.3	17	25.7	25.7	25.1	22.4	25.8	23.4	21	18.1	17.4
7.	65028	1991	13.7	18.9	21.7	25.5	24.5	24.4					16.2	12.6
8.	65028	1992	12.5	13.9	21.9	24.4	25.1	23.7	21.4	21.1	21.6	20.3	16.5	12.7
9.	65028	1993	11.3	15	19.7	22.7	24.9	23.1	21.1	20.7	21.1	20.5	17.5	12.5
10.	65028	1994	12.5	13.5	19.5	23.7	24.2	22.1	20	19.1	19.6	20.7	13.5	10.5
11.	65028	1995	11.2	13	19.1	22.7	23.5	22.2	20.5	19.4	19.7	19.8	14	12.4
12.	65028	1996	11.4	14.2	18.7	20.8	22.3	20.6	20	18.8	19	18.7	11.8	12.2
13.	65028	1997	14	14.1	21.1	24.7	24.6	24	22.9	22.3	23.1	23.5	18.9	14.2
14.	65028	1998	13.7	17.5	18.6	25.8	27.7	24.5	23.1	21.8	22.3	21.3	16.9	13.3
15.	65028	1999	12.6	16	20.2	23.1	24.7	24.1	20.8	20.4	20.7	19	15.1	11.3
16.	65028	2000	13	11.2	16.7	19	24.3	23.5	21	21	21.9	19.9	14.1	11
17.	65028	2001	20.2	12.6	16.5	23	24.6	23.2	22	21	21.9	19.7	14.6	12.8
18.	65028	2002	11.7	13.5	20	25.6	26	24	22.1	21.9	22.3	19.8	13.9	12.8
19.	65028	2003	16.5	18.6	24.4	24	23.6	23.5	22.2	22.1	22.5	19.9	14.5	12.5
20.	65028	2004	16	17.5	25	25	24.2	22	21	22	20	17	14.7	12.3
21	65028	2005	13.4	19.4	22	24	25.2	24.2	22.7	21.6	22.3	20	16.2	14
22	65028	2006	15	18.1	20	21.4	26	25	23.2	22	22.2	22	15	11.8
23.	65028	2007	12.8	13.6	18.3	22.7	24.4	23.8	21.5	20.3	20.5	17.6	13.3	10.7
24.	65028	2008	9.5	14.4	20	21.2	23.2	22.8	21.1	19.5	19.8	17.5	13.3	11.5
25.	65028	2009	11.1	14.2	19.2	23.4	24.2	22.4	22.4	21.1	21.1	21.5	14.6	13.6
26.	65028	2010	14.5	17	19.7	23.8	23.7	23.8	22	20.7	21.9	19.6	14.3	14.1
27.	65028	2011	13.3	17.9	17.5	22.3	24.7	23.8	20.6	20.5	21.2	21.2	16.1	12.2
28.	65028	2012	12.6	16.4	18.6	25.4	26.3	23.4	21.3	20.4	21.8	22.1	19.0	14.6
29.	65028	2013	14.3	15.8	22.1	23.4	24.3	22.7	21.9	21	22.3	20.9	18.3	15.9
30.	65028	2014	14.3	16.7	21.7	25.8	25.8	26.7	24.2	22.1	22.3	20.7	18.2	14.2
31.	65028	2015	12.3	18.1	20.8	22.2	26.6	24.8	22.7		22.3	23.3	17.6	13.3
32.	65028	2016	13.5	16.5	24.2	27.1	26.8	24.9	23.2	22.2	22	22.3	18.7	13.1
33.	65028	2017	13.4	16.4	19.9	25	27.1	24.8	23.1	22.4	23.1	19.9	16.6	15.4

Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Katsina 2021

Notable people

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua former president
Dikko Umar Radda incumbent Governor of Katsina State who was sworn in on 29 May 2023, succeeding Aminu Bello Masari
Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, Emir of Katsina
Muhammadu Dikko, former Emir OF Katsina
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Fulani al-Kishnawi , 18th-century Islamic scholar
Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu, aka MD Yusufu
Saidu Barda, former Governor of Katsina
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
General Hassan Katsina
Muhammad ibn al-Sabbagh Dan Marina, 17th-century Islamic scholar
Yusufu Bala Usman, historian
Halima Adamu, paediatrician and Katsina State's first female Commissioner

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