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Kano is a city in
Nigeria. Its metropolitan population makes it the second largest city in
Nigeria. The Kano urban area covers 137 km2and comprises six local government
areas (LGAs)— Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauniand Nassarawa— with a
population of 2,163,225 at the 2006 Nigerian census. The metropolitan area covers 499 km2and comprises eight LGAs — the six
mentioned above plus Ungogo and Kumbotso— with a population of 2,828,861 at the
2006 Nigerian census.
The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people. As in most parts of northern Nigeria, the Hausa language is widely spoken in Kano. The city is the capital of the Kano Emirate. The current emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, formal CBN governor. He was thrown on 8 June 2014 after the death of late Alhaji Ado Bayero, the thirtieth emir of kano emirate on Friday, 6 June 2014. The city’s Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, the main airport serving northern Nigeria, was named after politician Aminu Kano.
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