Birnin Kebbi

Birnin Kebbi shine babban birnin jihar Kebbi da ke arewacin yammacin Najeriya. An kafa shi ne a matsayin garin Kabawa, wata ƙaramar rukunin Hausawa, kafin aka kama shi a kusa da shekarar 1516 da wani jarumi mai suna Muhammadu Koral Kanta, wanda ya kafa Kebbi Kingdom. A kusa da shekarar 1700, sarkin Kebbi ya koma da babban birnin daga Surame ya kawo shi Birnin Kebbi, wanda ya sa ya zama cibiyar siyasa da kasuwanci na masarautar.

A shekarar 1805, 'yan jihad din Fulani sun kone Birnin Kebbi, sannan aka shigar da shi cikin Emirate of Gwandu na Sokoto Caliphate. Daga baya a shekarar 1906, aka sanya shi a matsayin hedikwatar Gwandu Emirate. Bayan shekaru da yawa na zama garin lardin, aka kafa jihar Kebbi a shekarar 1991, wanda Birnin Kebbi ya zama babban birnin sabon jihar. Wannan canji ya kawo ci gaba sosai a fannin kasuwanci da zirga-zirga a birnin.

Yau, Birnin Kebbi yana da muhimmanci a matsayin cibiyar kasuwanci da noma, musamman wajen tattara shinkafa, gyada, dawa da kuma sayar da kifi da dabbobi. Akwai jami'ar Polytechnic da wata cibiyar binciken shinkafa a birnin. Filin jirgin saman Sir Ahmadu Bello yana taimakawa wajen zirga-zirga na jiragen sama. Mutanen Hausa da Fulani su ne yawancin masu zaune, tare da musulunci a matsayin addinin da yawancinsu ke bi.