Kaduna South

Kaduna South is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Makera.

It has an area of 59 km² and a population of 402,390 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 800.

See also

Kaduna The area has a mixed population,but the dominant ethnic group are the Hausa. The major religion is Islam. The local government is under the jurisdiction of Zazzau Emirate,hence the people consider themselves as Zazzagawa.

References

Kaduna

Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River, is a trade center and a major transportation hub for the surrounding agricultural areas with its rail and road junction. The population of Kaduna was at 760,084 as of the 2006 Nigerian census, and this is believed to have grown to over 1.8 million as of 2013. The symbol of Kaduna is the crocodile, called kada in the native Hausa language.

History

Kaduna was founded by the British in 1913 and became the capital of Nigeria's former Northern Region in 1917. It retained this status until 1967. Persons hailing from Kaduna include Efe Ambrose, Emmanuel Babayaro, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab ("the underwear bomber"), Celestine Babayaro and Fiona Fullerton (British actress and former Bond girl). The Nigerian Islamic umbrella association Jama’atu Nasril Islam is based in the city.

Religious strife