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    Kano (Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four...
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    Kano State (Hausa: Jihar Kano جِهَرْ كَنُوَ; Fula: 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅, romanized: Leydi Kano) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern...
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  • Look up Kano or kano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kano may refer to: Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and...
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    The Ancient Kano City Walls (Hausa: Ganuwa) were ancient defensive walls built to protect the inhabitants of the ancient city of Kano. The wall was initially...
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  • proclamation of the Sultanate of Kano by King Ali Yaji Dan Tsamiya in 1349. The capital is now the modern city of Kano in Kano State. Kano lies to the north of the...
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    Kano GCON (9 August 1920 — 17 April 1983) was a Nigerian radical opposition political leader, teacher, poet, playwright, and trade unionist from Kano...
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  • Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian professional football club based in Kano, northwestern Nigeria. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football...
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  • Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810860940. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Ancient Kano City Walls and Associated Sites – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco...
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    of Kano in 1807. The sultanate was then replaced by the Kano Emirate, subject to the Sokoto Caliphate. The capital is now the modern city of Kano in Kano...
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    KAN, ICAO: DNKN) is an international airport serving Kano, the capital city of Kano State of Nigeria. It was a Royal Air Force station before the country...
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    Kane Brett Robinson (born 21 May 1985), better known as Kano, is a British rapper, songwriter and actor from East Ham, London. His fifth album, Made in...
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    fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan. It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of...
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    Kanō Eitoku (狩野 永徳, February 16, 1543 – October 12, 1590) was a Japanese painter who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history and one...
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    The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed...
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  • The Battle of Kano was an important battle in 1903 between the British Empire and the Sokoto Caliphate's Kano Emirate in what is now Northern Nigeria...
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    Museum Kano or Kano Museum is a museum in Kano, Nigeria. This building served as temporary palace of Sarakunan Hausa (Kings of Hausa) of Kano before the...
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    Mosque of Kano (Arabic: الجامع الكبير في كانو) is a general Jumaat mosque in Kano, the capital city of Kano State and the second most populous city in Nigeria...
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  • The Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1975, when it was renamed from Bayero University...
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    Sule University Kano is a Nigerian public university owned by the Kano State Government. It has two campuses: City Campus located in Kano, and the main...
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    rulers of Kano since the establishment of the Bagauda Dynasty in 998. The early rulers are known almost exclusively from a single source, the Kano Chronicle...
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  • List of hospitals and medical centres in Kano State, Nigeria. "General and Teaching Hospitals in Kano Nigeria Information & Guide". www.nigeriagalleria...
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  • Sumaila Azman University, Kano Baba Ahmed University, Kano State Capital City University, Kano Attanzil University, Kano Annahda International University...
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    protection in southern Kano State of northern Nigeria. This game reserve is located about 150 kilometers away from Kano city. It lies in Tudun Wada,...
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  • Dala, Nigeria (redirect from Dala, Kano)
    densely populated Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria within Kano city created in May, 1989 from the old Kano Municipal Local Government. It is located...
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    UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. "Arochkwu Ancient Kano City Walls and Associated Sites". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20...
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    The Kanō school (狩野派, Kanō-ha) is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting...
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    within metropolitan Kano. In 2020, the Kano State Islamic police shaved off the Mohawk hairstyles of young men on the pavements of Kano city. Another report...
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    of Kano, located in modern-day Kano State, Northern Nigeria. He reigned from 1463 until 1499. Among Rumfa's accomplishments were extending the city walls...
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  • written a published novel. Hafsat hails from Kofar Mata quarters of Kano City of Kano State Nigeria.[citation needed] Hafsat Abdulwaheed was born on May...
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    Challawa Gorge Dam (category Kano State)
    of Kano State in the Northwest of Nigeria, about 90 km southwest of Kano city. It is a major reservoir on the Challawa River, a tributary of the Kano River...
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