Kano State

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Kano State (Hausa: Jihar Kano جِهَرْ كَنُوَ), one of the 36 states of Nigeria, is in the north of the country. In the 2006 national census, Kano State was the most populous state in Nigeria. Created in 1967 from the former Northern Region, Kano State shares borders with Katsina State on the northwest, Jigawa State on the northeast, Bauchi State on the southeast, and Kaduna State on the southwest. The state capital is Kano, Nigeria's largest city after Lagos. Its governor is Abba Kabir Yusuf, who was sworn in on 29 May 2023. Two major ethnic groups, the Hausa and Fulani, make up most of Kano State's population. Like most parts of northern Nigeria, Hausa is the state's dominant language. Kano State has faced attacks by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, inter-religious violence, and extreme poverty. The state observes Sharia law within the legal framework of the Nigerian constitution.

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