Kware 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 federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

Sokoto State Sokoto ( Hausa: ; Fula: , ''Leydi Sokoto'') is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the extreme northwest of the country. It is bounded by Republic of the Niger to the north and west for 363 km (226 miles), and the states of Zamf ...

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. Its headquarters are in the town of Kware on the A1 highway. It has an area of 554 km and a population of 133,899 at the 2006 census. It is led by a politician called Hon. Usman Mohammed Balkore. Kware has a high number of literate people. The

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of the area is 841.

History

Kware was established by Abd al-Salam, a well-respected Hausa scholar, in 1812. He was one of the leaders of the Sokoto jihad and had a significant following. After the establishment of the

Sokoto Caliphate The Sokoto Caliphate (, literally: Caliphate in the Lands of Sudan), also known as the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It was founded by Usman dan Fodio in 1804 during the Fula jihads, Fulani jihads ...

and the subsequent construction of Sokoto town, the responsibilities of governing were partitioned among the leaders of the jihad movement. This distribution encompassed divisions like the western and eastern sections under the leadership of

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and Muhammad Bello respectively. Other leaders were similarly assigned different territories within this structure. For his portion, Abd al-Salam was tasked with overseeing seven districts in Abdullahi's portion with the largest being Sabiyel (today in Aleiro). Abd al-Salam was not satisfied with this distribution as he felt it did not reflect his contribution to the jihad. Sensing the potential for unrest, Shehu Usman invited Abd al-Salam to Sokoto. He was ordered to relocate to Sokoto and was allowed to establish the town of Kware near Sokoto by Usman so that he could be monitored by Muhammad Bello. The followers of Abd al-Salam relocated to Kware which led to the town's rapid growth in population and farmlands. Abd al-Salam continued to have non-violent conflicts with the Sokoto government which led to his base of Kware being a hub for those were aggrieved with Sokoto. Eventually, these tensions culminated in a full-fledged revolt led by Abd al-Salam against the Sokoto Caliphate in 1817, an event that transpired during the reign of Sultan Bello. Consequently, Kware was invaded by Sokoto's forces with Abd al-Salam fleeing to Bakura where he died to an arrow wound in 1818.

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Local Government Areas in Sokoto State {{Sokoto-geo-stub