Nigeria
North West Nigeria
Katsina State

Daura

Daura is a town and local government area in , northwestern . It is the spiritual home of the Hausa people. The emirate is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" because it was, ruled by the descendants of Bayajidda's sons with Daurama and Magira.
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Photo: Gwanki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Daura

Latitude
13.0359° or 13° 2′ 9″ north
Longitude
8.3194° or 8° 19′ 10″ east
Population
25,300
Elevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)
Open location code
7F5C28P9+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501368083
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2345094
Wiki­data ID
Q1173023
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yoruba—“Daura” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Daura”
  • Azerbaijani: “Daura”
  • Belarusian: “Даура”
  • Bulgarian: “Даура”
  • Catalan: “Daura”
  • Cebuano: “Daura”
  • Central Kanuri: “Daura”
  • Chinese: “Daura”
  • Chinese: “道拉”
  • Chinese: “達烏拉”
  • Danish: “Daura”
  • Dutch: “Daura”
  • French: “Daura”
  • German: “Daura”
  • Hausa: “Daura”
  • Hebrew: “דאורה”
  • Hungarian: “Daura”
  • Igbo: “Daura”
  • Italian: “Daura”
  • Japanese: “ダウラ”
  • Lithuanian: “Daura”
  • Macedonian: “Даура”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Daura”
  • Persian: “داورا”
  • Polish: “Daura”
  • Russian: “Даура”
  • Silesian: “Daura”
  • Spanish: “Daura”
  • Swedish: “Daura”
  • Urdu: “داورا”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Daura”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Daura”. Photo: Gwanki, CC BY-SA 4.0.