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Kano
Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria *Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State ** Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries ** Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 14th and 19th centuries **Kano Emirate, a 19th-century Islamic state People Given name * , Japanese entertainer Mononym * Kano (British musician) (born 1985), British rapper * Kano (comics) (born 1973), Spanish comic book artist * Kano (Japanese musician), Japanese musician and virtual YouTuber Surname *, Japanese founder of Judo * Aminu Kano (1920–1983), Nigerian politician * David Kano (actor) (born 1987), American actor, writer and producer *, Japanese comedian and singer * Kano sisters, and , Japanese celebrities *, Japanese politician *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese developer of the Kano model *, Japanese footballer * Thea Kano (born 1965), American conductor *, Japanese politician Fictional characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano (city)
Kano (Ajami script, Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within . Located in the savanna, south of the Sahel, Kano is a major route of the trans-Saharan trade, having been a trade and human settlement for millennia. It is the Traditional states of Nigeria, traditional state of the Ibrahim Dabo, Dabo dynasty who have ruled as emirs over the city-state since the 19th century. Kano Emirate Council is the current traditional institution inside the city boundaries of Kano, and under the Authority bias, authority of the Kano State Government, Government of Kano State. The city is one of the seven medieval Hausa kingdoms. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people , Hausa and Fula people , Fulani people. Centuries before British colonization, Kano was strongly cosmopolitan with settled popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminu Kano
Mallam Aminu Kano (9 August 1920 — 17 April 1983) was a Nigerian radical opposition political leader, teacher, poet, playwright, and trade unionist from Kano. He played an active role during the transition from British colonial rule to independence, the First Republic, Military rule, and the Second Republic. Representing the Kano East constituency, he served as the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the Federal House of Representatives. During Yakubu Gowon's administration, he served as the Federal Commissioner for Communications and the Federal Commissioner for Health. He was a vocal critic of British colonialism and its indirect rule policy in northern Nigeria. A self-described democratic humanist and reformer, Aminu combined his knowledge of Western and Islamic education to champion the liberation of the ''talakawa'' (commoners). In 1948, Aminu founded the Northern Teachers' Association, the first labor union in Northern Nigeria, and helped form the Northern P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano State
Kano (Hausa language, Hausa: ) is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, states of Nigeria, located in the Northern Region, Nigeria, northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous state in Nigeria. The recent official estimates taken in 2016 by the National Bureaucracy, Bureau of Statistics found that Kano State was still the largest state by population in Nigeria. Created in 1967 out of the former Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Region, Kano State borders on Katsina State to the northwest for about 210 km (130 miles), Jigawa State to the northeast for 355 km (221 miles), Bauchi State to the southeast for 131 km (82 miles), and Kaduna State to the southwest for 255 km. The state's capital and largest city is the city of Kano (city), Kano, the List of Nigerian cities by population, second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano (Mortal Kombat)
Kano is a character from the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game series, created by Midway Games and later developed by NetherRealm Studios under Warner Bros. Games. Introduced in ''Mortal Kombat'' (1992) as a player character and the leader of the fictional Black Dragon crime organization. Kano is characterized by his cybernetic eye, in addition to knives, serving as his primary weapon. In the series, Kano is the main adversary of Special Forces officer Sonya Blade. Kano has been featured in several sequels of the first game, appearing in ten major titles overall (excluding '' Mortal Kombat 4'' and '' Mortal Kombat: Deception''). He also appears in the series' spin-offs and various media beyond the games, including live-action adaptations, animations, and comics. Outside of the ''Mortal Kombat'' series, his likeness is present in the 2005 stop-motion television series ''Robot Chicken'' and the 2012 animated film ''Wreck-It Ralph''. Critics have acknowledged the character for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Kano
The Kingdom of Kano was a Hausa people, Hausa kingdom in the north of what is now Nigeria that was established around 1000 AD, and lasted until the proclamation of the Sultanate of Kano by King Yaji I, Ali Yaji Dan Tsamiya in 1349. The capital is now the modern city of Kano (city), Kano in Kano State. Physical geography Kano lies to the north of the Jos Plateau, located in the Sudanian Savanna region that stretches across the south of the Sahel. The city lies near where the Kano River, Kano and Challawa rivers flowing from the southwest converge to form the Hadejia River, which eventually flows into Lake Chad to the east. Traditionally, agriculture was based on lifting water to irrigate small parcels of land along river channels in the dry season, known as the Shadouf system. At the time when the kingdom was flourishing, tree cover would have been more extensive and the soil less degraded than it is today. History Background Our knowledge of the early history of Kano comes larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
