Dutse

Dutse itace babban birnin jihar Jigawa, arewa maso yammacin Nijeriya. Sunan "Dutse" na nufin "dutse" a harshen Hausa, saboda tuddan da ke zagaye garin. Tarihin garin ya fara ne kafin karni na sha biyar, kuma an ambaci shi a cikin tarihin Kano na dā, inda aka ce Sarkin Kano Abdullahi Burja (1438–1452) ya kayar da shi. A karni na sha takwas, Fulani daga Borno suka iso wannan yanki a shekara ta 1801, kuma a shekara ta 1806 suka kafa mulkinsu bayan amsa kiran Usman dan Fodio. Har zuwa shekara ta 1903, Dutse ta kasance ƙarƙashin masarautar Kano, sannan Birtaniya ta kafa tsarin district head.

A shekara ta 1991, an kafa jihar Jigawa daga cikin tsohuwar jihar Kano, kuma Dutse ta zama babban birnin sabuwar jihar. Wannan ya kawo ci gaban saurin birnin, inda aka gina ofisoshin gwamnati, makarantu da kuma Jami'ar Tarayya ta Dutse a shekara ta 2011. Garin yana da muhimmanci a matsayin cibiyar noma da kiwo, musamman noman dabino, millet da sorghum. Tuddan da ke zagaye garin suna ba da kyallen yanayi ga birnin.

Yau, Dutse tana da manyan hanyoyi masu haɗa ta da Kano, Bauchi da Yobe. Tana da masana'antar siminti da ke amfani da dutse mai lanƙwasa. Yawan mutanen ya kai dubu 431,800 (2022), ya ci gaba da zama babban cibiyar siyasa da tattalin arziki a arewa maso yammacin Nijeriya. Al'ummar garin sun fi yawa Hausawa da Fulani, kuma Musulunci shine addinin da aka fi bi.