Katsina

Katsina (kätsē`nə, kät`sĭnə), city (1991 est. pop. 182,000), N Nigeria, near the Niger frontier. The city, surrounded by a wall 13 mi (21 km) long, is the trade center for an agricultural region where guinea corn and millet are grown for home consumption, and peanuts, cotton, and hides are produced commercially. The city has a steel-rolling and vegetable oil mills. Leather handicrafts are made in Katsina. In the 17th and 18th cent. it was the largest of the seven Hausa city-states and the cultural and commercial center of Hausaland. In 1807, Katsina was conquered by the Fulani and lost to Kano its preeminent position among Hausa cities. The city is the site of Katsina Training College and Gobaru Tower mosque.

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Katsina

City (pop., 1991: 259,315), northern Nigeria. Probably founded c. 1100, it was the capital of the kingdom of Katsina, one of the earliest Hausa states, and an ancient centre of learning. The city's Fulani emirs retain traditional and advisory roles. It is a market for local agricultural products as well as a centre for traditional crafts and industry.

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Katsina

a city in N Nigeria, in Kaduna state: a major intellectual and cultural centre of the Hausa people (16th--18th centuries). Pop.: 530 000 (2005 est.)

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Katsina 

a city in northern Nigeria, in the North-CentralState. Population, 90, 500 (1963). Katsina is a highway junctionand an important commercial and handicraft center. Chief trading commodities include peanuts, cotton, leather, and hides.Until the 19th century the city was the capital of Katsina, the city-state of the Hausa people.