Kaduna State
Kaduna is a state in Nigeria's North West geopolitical zone.
- Capital
- Kaduna
- Population
- 9.8M
- Total area
- 44,392 km²
- LGAs
- 23
- House Reps (total)
- 16
- IGR (2024)
- ₦71.6B
- Capital
- Kaduna
- Population
- 9.8M
- 2023 estimate
- Land area
- 44,392 km²
- LGAs
- 23
- Senate seats
- 3
- IGR (2024)
- ₦71.6B
- internally generated revenue
Sub-national administrative units
Local government areas (23)
23 constitutional tier-3 units
Geopolitical synthesis
Kaduna in the federation
Kaduna is a state in Nigeria's North West geopolitical zone.
Bordering territories & maritime boundaries
- Land bordersBauchi, Federal Capital Territory, Kano, Katsina, Nassarawa, Niger, Plateau, Zamfara
Quick facts
- Date created
- 1967
- Known as
- Centre of Learning
- Population
- ~9,800,000
- Climate classification
- Tropical Wet & Dry / Savanna
- LGAs
- 23
- Distance to Abuja
- 169 km
Languages, stories and places to explore
Languages spoken
Major cities
Kaduna · Zaria · Kafanchan
What to explore · learn
Kaduna's nickname reflects Ahmadu Bello University and a dense concentration of federal colleges and military training institutions.
Kaduna was founded around 1913 by Frederick Lugard as the administrative capital of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
The Afan festival of the Kagoro (Gworok) people is held on 1 January at the Chief of Kagoro's palace in Kaura LGA. It marks the end of the farming season and the start of hunting, and is said to be around 400 years old.
Jan · annualKagoroThe Nok culture, named after Nok village in Jaba LGA, produced West Africa's earliest known large terracotta sculptures more than two thousand years ago.
NokThe Emir of Zazzau heads the historic Zazzau emirate, seated at Zaria.
Zaria
Cultural groups & homelands
Southern Kaduna peoples
10 LGAsThe highland peoples of southern Kaduna State, including Kataf (Atyap), Bajju, Ham (Jaba), Kagoro (Gworok), Fantswam, Ikulu, Adara and Kurama.
Major celebrations
- Jan · annualKagoro
Cultural institutions
The Emir of Zazzau heads the historic Zazzau emirate, seated at Zaria.
Zaria
Metro areas
Kaduna Metropolis
Kaduna State's capital cluster, a planned colonial administrative and military city on the Kaduna River.
Zaria Metropolis
The historic Zazzau emirate city and modern university town, home to Ahmadu Bello University.