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Kaduna

Also known as crocodile city

thumb|Kaduna City Center Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade center and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern states of Nigeria, with its rail and important road network.

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Kaduna is a major city in northwestern Nigeria that once served as the political center of the country's northern region and today functions as an important trade and transportation hub connecting northern Nigeria to the rest of the country. Its strategic location on the Kaduna River and its extensive rail and road networks have made it a key gateway for commerce and travel throughout the region.

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Place details

Locality: Unguwar Rimi
Region: Kaduna
Country: Nigeria
Population: 1,850,000
Timezone: Africa/Lagos

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Key facts

Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: Lugard Hall, the Kaduna River, columns in honour of Elizabeth II's state visit, and entrance of Hassan Usman Katsina House
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nigeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kaduna State
Settlement.leader_title: Governor
Settlement.leader_name: Uba Sani
Settlement.leader_title1: Deputy Governor
Settlement.leader_name1: Hadiza Balarabe
Settlement.area_total_km2: 431
Settlement.population_total: 760,084
Settlement.population_as_of: 2006 census
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_rank: 8th
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities

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Wikidata facts

Population: 760084
Area: 431000000
Elevation: 250
Official website: www.kadunastate.gov.ng
Image: Kaduna River, Kaduna (Nigeria), 2007.JPG

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Commons category: Kaduna
inception: 1913-00-00
P8168: Emeric, King of Hungary
P12749: March 22

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Travel guide

Understand

thumb|Kaduna River Kaduna's name is derived from the Hausa word kada, for crocodile (kaduna being the plural form). Its population was estimated to be 1.1 million in 2020.

See

Kaduna Polytechnic Main Campus. Kaduna Polytechnic has four branches: Sabo, Barnawa, Ugwan Rimi and Tudun Wada campus. Tudun Wada campus is the main campus. Kaduna Central market: provisions, furnitures, electronics, generators. The market can be accessed from different angles through zaria that is the North Kawo sides. You can get to the market from the south through yakuwa expressway I'm from this house you coming from command junction and from the East coming from bypass that is to the mother bypass that links to Air Force base. NNPC Quarters, at sabo opposite u/borrow by the roadside leading to refinery junction underneath wall is the part to village. Garment spa laundry and dry cleaners. Garment spa laundry and dry cleaners is located at number 2 constitution road that is, off Amadu Bello Way. Kagoro mountain is the tallest mountain in the middlebelt.

Buy

Pottery is highly prized from Kaduna, especially from the Nok culture. Fruits, you can buy most of your fruit around stadium round about. There fruits are cheap and affordable

Drink

Bars and restaurants that serve alcoholic drinks tend to be in the city's southern part. In the north, some hotels do not serve alcohol.

Sleep

Not all hotels have bars that serve alcoholic drinks. So if that is important, check first. Hotels in the south of the city are more likely to have bars.

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Article

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Contents

Etymology
History
Economy
Industries
Sports and tourism
Infrastructure
Airport
Railways
Education
Administrative Areas
Places of worship
Climate
Notable people
See also
References
External links

The population of Kaduna was put at 760,084 as of the 2006 Nigerian census. Rapid urbanization since 2005 has created an increasingly large population, and as of 2024, the city has an estimated population of 1.2 million people.