Kaura Namoda

Kaura Namoda

      town, Zamfara state, northern Nigeria, on the Gagere River (a tributary of the Rima). Originally a small settlement of Maguzawas (an animistic Hausa people), it was ruled by the kings of Zamfara, one of the banza bakwai (“the seven illegitimate states” of the Hausa people), whose capital was moved from Birnin Zamfara (43 mi [69 km] north-northwest) to Kiyawa (20 mi east-southeast) c. 1756. After Kiyawa was captured c. 1806 in the Fulani jihād (“holy war”) led by Usman dan Fodio, a Fulani warrior named Namoda was installed as sarkin (“king of”) Zamfara, and many of the Kiyawa peoples, the Zamfarawa, fled to the town later designated Kaura (war lord) Namoda. The town's traditional Fulani chief continues to hold the title of sarkin Kiyawa, while the leader of Zurmi, 18 mi northeast, is known as the sarkin Zamfara.

      Most of the town's growth, however, is due to the arrival of the railway from Zaria (132 mi southeast) in 1929; and Kaura Namoda is now a major collecting point for peanuts (groundnuts) and cotton. Besides these export crops, local trade is primarily in millet, sorghum, cowpeas, rice, sugarcane, and tobacco. Goats are the main source of meat and skins; but the local Hausa and Fulani also keep cattle, sheep, donkeys, horses, and camels. A government dispensary serves the town; and it is the headquarters of a local government council. Kaura Namoda is the northwestern terminus of the trunk railway from Lagos and Port Harcourt, and it is located on the highway between Gusau and Jibiya (on the main highway between Katsina and Maradi [Niger]). Pop. (2006) local government area, 281,367.

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