Katsina State

Katsina State
Katsina State
	State
	Nickname(s): Home of Hospitality
	Location of Katsina State in Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Date created	23 September 1987
Capital	Katsina
Government
• Governor ; (List)	Ibrahim Shema (PDP)
Area
• Total	24,192 km2 (9,341 sq mi)
Area rank	17th of 36
Population (1991 census)
• Total	3,878,344
• Estimate (2005)	6,483,429
• Rank	5th of 36
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
• Year	2007
• Total	$6.02 billion
• Per capita	$1,017
Time zone	UTC+01 (WAT)
ISO 3166 code	NG-KT

Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina, and its governor is Ibrahim Shema, a member of the People's Democratic Party. In 1987, Katsina State was formed from part of Kaduna State.

Demographics

The state is mostly Muslim, and the Hausa people (sometimes grouped with the Fulani as Hausa-Fulani) are the largest ethnic group.^[2]

Of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas, 34 are in Katsina State. They are:

Mohammed Bello, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Muhammadu Buhari, former military leader
Amina Lawal, woman sentenced to death for giving birth to a child outside of wedlock (the sentence was overturned)
Aliyu Musa, member of the House of Representatives for the Bindawa/Mani constituency
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, politician and major general
Umaru Yar'adua, former President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 and former governor; brother of Shehu
Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad, former head of the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization
Abdulmuminu Kabir,Emir of Katsina
Isa Kaita, first northern Nigeria minister of education and speaker of the house of parliament
Hassan Usman former military vice president and governor of the northern region.
Mohammed Tukur Liman former senate majority leader.
Umaru Faruk Abdullahi former president of the Nigerian court of appeal

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)". Canback Dangel. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
↑ Nkromah, Gamal. "Nigeria fastened with nails". Al-Ahram Weekly Online. Al-Ahram Weekly. Retrieved 2007-04-24.

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State capital: Katsina
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Katsina State
State
Nickname(s): Home of Hospitality
Location of Katsina State in Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Date created	23 September 1987
Capital	Katsina
Government
• Governor (List)	Ibrahim Shema (PDP)
Area
• Total	24,192 km² (9,341 sq mi)
Area rank	17th of 36
Population (1991 census)
• Total	3,878,344
• Estimate (2005)	6,483,429
• Rank	5th of 36
• Density	160/km² (420/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
• Year	2007
• Total	$6.02 billion^[1]
• Per capita	$1,017^[1]
Time zone	UTC+01 (WAT)
ISO 3166 code	NG-KT