Kaduna North, often referred to as the ''pioneer local government'', is a

Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

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. It is the capital of

and its headquarters are in the town of Doka. It has an area of 70.2 km².

History

Kaduna North is the oldest local government in the state. Its headquarters is in Doka.

Demographics

Kaduna North is located between latitudes 10 35 North and Longitudes 7 25 East. It is bordered by Igabi local government to the South, West, and Southeast, by Kaduna South,

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, Kajuru and Kauru local governments to the Northeast. It has an area of 72 km and density of 5, 883.1 inh./km. The population of Kaduna north is at 423,580 as of 2006 Nigeria population census.

Administrative subdivisions

Kaduna North

consists of 12 subdivisions (second-order administrative divisions) or electoral wards, namely: # Badarawa # Dadi Riba # Hayin Banki # Kabala # Kawo # Maiburiji # Sardauna # Shaba # Unguwan Dosa # Unguwar Rimi # Unguwar Sarki # Unguwar Shanu

Geology

The entire Kaduna state is underlain by a basement complex of

igneous Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ''ignis'' meaning fire), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or ...

and metamorphic rocks of mainly

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...

Pre-Cambrian The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pꞒ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon. The Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of the ...

ages. The basement complex rocks are essentially

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

s, gneisses,

migmatites Migmatite is a composite rock found in medium and high-grade metamorphic environments, commonly within Precambrian cratonic blocks. It consists of two or more constituents often layered repetitively: one layer is an older metamorphic rock tha ...

schists Schist ( ) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity. This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily seen with a low-power hand lens, oriented in such a way that the rock is easily split into thin flakes o ...

and quartzites (Benett, 1979;13). The geology of Kaduna North is predominantly metamorphic rocks of the Nigerian basement complex consisting of biotite gneisses and older granites (Kaduna State, 2003). The topographical relief is relatively flat, having an elevation of between 600 and 650 metres in large areas of the local government. It is over 650 metres above mean sea level (a.m.s.l.) in some places, and below 500 metres in places that slope downward towards the river.

Weather and climate

Kaduna North lies completely in the part of Western Africa, well within the northern limit of the movement of the

intertropical convergence zone The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ ), known by sailors as the doldrums or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge. It encircles Earth near the thermal e ...

(ITCZ). It is characterized by two distinct seasonal regimes, oscillating between cool to hot dry and humid to wet season. Temperature:the mean maximum The

postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...

of the area is 800.

Education

There are many educational institutions in Kaduna north that include both public and private, there are 160 primary schools belonging to the local government and 40 to private individuals which summed up to t0tal of 200 primary schools, and 13 secondary schools belonging to local government and 13 to private individuals. There are tertiary institutions that provide post secondary education in the local government, which include; Kaduna State University, Nigerian Defence Academy, Mando Advance College of Animal Science.

Economy

Kaduna north is the largest contributor to the Kaduna state economy, there are many small and large scale companies and industries with various commercial activities. The main market in the state is located there,

Kaduna Central Market Abubakar Mahmud Gumi Market, also known as Kaduna Central Market, is the biggest marketplace located in the Central business district, centre of Kaduna the capital of Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is bordered by Kaduna North to the northeast and ...

, others include Kasuwar Barci (sleeping market), Kawo weekly market, Ungwan rimi and Ungwan shanu weekly markets.

Recreation

Leisure activity and entertainment centres are located at various places within the local government, there are two stadiums

Ahmadu Bello Stadium The Ahmadu Bello Stadium, simply referred to as ABS is a multi-purpose stadium in Kaduna City, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was designed in 1965 by the English architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry. As of 2016, it is used mostly for football matches ...

and Ranchers Bees Stadium, a public square

Murtala Square Murtala Muhammed Square is a public square in the City of Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria formerly known as the Kaduna Race Course. Its renamed in honour of the then military Head of State Murtala Ramat Muhammed. Building It include several re ...

was a race course now a recreational facility that attracts people for leisure activities, so also there are many hotels, entertainment hubs and tourist attraction sites, which include ASAA Pyramid, Hamdala Hotel, Hotel Seventeen, Crystal Garden, Side Resort,

Arewa House Arewa House (Hausa language, Hausa: ''Gidan Arewa'') is centre for research and historical documentations under Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, Zaria, located in Kaduna, Kaduna State, in Northwest Nigeria. It is also serves as a center f ...

, National Museum, and many more.

References

{{Kaduna State Local Government Areas in Kaduna State