Kano

Kano shine babban birnin Jihar Kano kuma babban cibiyar kasuwanci a Arewacin Najeriya. A cikin tarihi, aka kafa Masarautar Kano a kusa da shekara ta 999 ta Bagauda, jikan Bayajida, wanda aka ce shi ne asalin kafuwar Hausawa bakwai. A zamanin Sarki Gajemasu (1095–1134), an kaura babban birnin daga Sheme zuwa wurin da yake yanzu. Kano ta zama cibiyar Musulunci a shekarun 1340 bayan da 'yan Malinke suka kawo addinin daga Masarautar Mali.

A karkashin Sarki Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499), Kano ta kai babbar ci gaba ta tattalin arziki da siyasa. Ya kafa kasuwar Kurmi, wacce ke nan har yau, ya gada fadar sarki, ya kuma gina babbar masallaci. Kasuwancin zanen shuni da fata ya kai Morocco da Turai, kuma an fi kiran Kano "Manchester na Najeriya" saboda masana'antun zane. A shekara ta 1805, Fulani suka kama Kano a yayin jihad, ta zama daya daga cikin manyan biranin Masarautar Sokoto. Sojojin Birtaniya suka karbi Kano a shekara ta 1903.

Yau, Kano ita ce birni na biyu mafi girma a Najeriya bayan Lagos, tare da yawan jama'a fiye da miliyan hudu. Tattalin arzikin birnin ya dogara ne kan noman gyada, zanen zane, da kuma kasuwancin dabbobi. Akwai manyan makarantun kamar Bayero University, Kano University of Science and Technology, da kuma Kano State Polytechnic. Kasuwar Kurmi da tsohon birni tare da katangunsa na da muhimmanci a tarihin birnin.