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Kaduna State

Kaduna is a state in the northwest geopolitical zone of . The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna, which was the 8th largest city in the country as of 2006.
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is the capital of State in . It is a trade centre and a major transportation hub for the surrounding agricultural areas, with its rail and road junction. State is the fourth largest state in Nigeria.

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is a major city in Kaduna State, and is a local government area. It is one of the original seven Hausa city-states. It's also one of the popular places to visit in Northern Nigeria.

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is the name of a town and a local government area in Kaduna State, . It is the seat of the Agwatyap, the chief of the Atyap people. The Ayet Atyap annual cultural festival is held in the grounds of the chief's palace.

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is in Kaduna State, . It is the junction town where the railtracks connecting the Kaduna-Zaria-Kaura Namoda, Akwanga-Enugu-Port Harcourt, Kuru-Jos-Bauchi-Maiduguri meet at the Nigerian Railway Corporation station built in 1927.

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is a local government area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of . The major ethnic group is the Adara. The Adara people are otherwise known as Kadara by the Hausa.

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is a Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State, . Its headquarters are in the town of . It has an area of 4,570 km2 and a population of 252,568 in the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 802.

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is in Kaduna State, . It has an area of 1120 km² with typical Savannah Vegetation.

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is a town in Kaduna State, . It is the headquarters of local government area.

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, also known as Gworok, is a large town in the southern part of Kaduna State, in . Gworok is attractive for tourists because of its mountainous scenery and cultural events such as the Afan Festival, a national festival which is celebrated annually on 1 January.

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is a village in Kaduna State. The famous culture was named after it.

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is in the southern part of Kaduna State. The town is a junction town connecting to the south, to the northwest and town to the northeast.

is a town in as well as the Ham Chiefdom headquarters, in southern Kaduna state in the region of . The town has a post office.

Kaduna State

Latitude of center
10.3333° or 10° 20′ north
Longitude of center
7.75° or 7° 45′ east
Population
6,850,000
Elevation
680 metres (2,231 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2335722
Wiki­data ID
Q878284
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Kaduna State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كادونا”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كادونا”
  • Arabic: “ولايه كادونا”
  • Armenian: “Կադունա նահանգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kaduna ştatı”
  • Belarusian: “Кадуна (штат)”
  • Belarusian: “Кадуна”
  • Belarusian: “штат Кадуна”
  • Bengali: “কাদুনা অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Breton: “Kaduna”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Kaduna”
  • Cebuano: “Kaduna State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Kaduna”
  • Chinese: “Kaduna Chiu”
  • Chinese: “卡杜納州”
  • Chinese: “卡杜纳州”
  • Czech: “Kaduna (stát)”
  • Czech: “Kaduna”
  • Danish: “Kaduna”
  • Dutch: “Kaduna”
  • Esperanto: “Kaduna Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Kaduna”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Kaduna”
  • Estonian: “Kaduna osariik”
  • Finnish: “Kaduna”
  • French: “Etat de Kaduna”
  • French: “État de Kaduna”
  • French: “Kaduna”
  • Fulah: “Kaduna”
  • Fulah: “Leydi Kaduna”
  • Galician: “Estado de Kaduna”
  • Georgian: “კადუნის შტატი”
  • German: “Kaduna”
  • German: “NG-KD”
  • Greek: “Καντούνα”
  • Gujarati: “કડુના સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Kaduna tọn”
  • Hausa: “jahar Kaduna”
  • Hausa: “Jihar Kaduna”
  • Hausa: “Kaduna”
  • Hebrew: “קדונה”
  • Hindi: “कडूना राज्य”
  • Hindi: “कदुना राज्य”
  • Igbo: “Kaduna Steeti”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Kaduna”
  • Indonesian: “Kaduna”
  • Italian: “Kaduna”
  • Italian: “Stato di Kaduna”
  • Japanese: “カドゥナ州”
  • Japanese: “カドナ州”
  • Kannada: “ಕಡುನ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Kashmiri: “کاڈونا رِیاسَتھ”
  • Korean: “카두나주”
  • Latvian: “Kaduna”
  • Latvian: “Kadunas štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Kadunos valstija”
  • Malay: “Kaduna State”
  • Marathi: “कडुन राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kaduna Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Kaduna State”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Kaduna Stet”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Kaduna”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kaduna (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kaduna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaduna”
  • Norwegian: “Kaduna”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Kaduna”
  • Obolo: “Kaduna”
  • Persian: “ایالت کادونا”
  • Polish: “Kaduna”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Kaduna”
  • Portuguese: “Kaduna”
  • Portuguese: “North-Central State”
  • Romanian: “Kaduna”
  • Romanian: “Statul Kaduna”
  • Russian: “Кадуна”
  • Serbian: “Кадуна”
  • Sindhi: “ڪدونا رياست”
  • Sinhala: “කඩුනා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “කඩුනා රාජ්‍ය”
  • Slovenian: “Kaduna”
  • Slovenian: “NG-KG”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کادونا ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کادونا”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Kaduna”
  • Spanish: “Kaduna”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Kaduna”
  • Swahili: “Kaduna State”
  • Swahili: “Kaduna”
  • Swedish: “Kaduna”
  • Tamil: “காட்டுனா மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “కడూనా రాష్ట్రం”
  • Thai: “รัฐคาดูนา”
  • Tumbuka: “Kaduna State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Kaduna Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Kaduna”
  • Tyap: “Sitet Kaduna”
  • Tyap: “si̱tet Ka̱duna”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Ka̱duna”
  • Ukrainian: “Кадуна”
  • Urdu: “کادونا اسٹیٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Kaduna”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kaduna (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kaduna”
  • Western Mari: “Кадуна”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Kaduna”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Kaduna”
  • Yoruba: “Kaduna State”
  • “Statul Kaduna”

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