Karaye

Karaye is a local government historic town and the administrative headquarters of Karaye Local Government Area in Kano State, in the northwestern part of the state and serves as the seat of the Karaye Emirate, one of the traditional emirates created in 2019 from the old Kano Emirate.

Karaye

Type: local government area of Nigeria with 144,000 residents
Description: LGA and town in Kano State, Nigeria
Location: Kano State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa

Population

144,000

Wikidata ID

Q6368888

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Karaye” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Karaye (distrito)”
Cebuano: “Karaye”
Chinese: “Karaye”
French: “Karaye”
German: “Karaye”
Hausa: “Karaye”
Igbo: “Karaye”
Italian: “Karaye”
Karekare: “Karaye”
Min Nan Chinese: “Karaye”
Spanish: “Karaye”
Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Karaye”

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