Daura
Daura is a city and local government area in Katsina State, northwestern Nigeria. 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.Daura
- Type: Town with 25,300 residents
- Description: city in Katsina State, Nigeria
- Categories: city, border city, and locality
- Location: Katsina State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yoruba—“Daura” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Daura”
- Azerbaijani: “Daura”
- Basque: “Daura”
- Belarusian: “Даура”
- Bole: “Daura”
- 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”
- Karekare: “Daura (hukuuma)”
- Karekare: “Daura”
- 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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