Katsina

Katsina birni ne na tarihi da ke arewacin Najeriya, kuma shine babban birnin jihar Katsina. An yi amanar cewa an kafa shi a kusa da shekarar 1100, kuma ya zama daya daga cikin manyan biranen Hausawa bakwai. A zamanin da, birnin ya kasance cibiyar cinikayya ta tsallaken Sahara, inda 'yan kasuwa ke kawo kayayyaki daga arewa da kuma daga kudu. An gina katangar birnin da ta kai tsawon kilomita 21 don kare mutanen daga hare-haren waje.

A karni na 16 zuwa na 18, Katsina ya kasance babban cibiyar kasuwanci a cikin kasashen Hausa, inda ya fi sauran birane yawa. A shekarar 1807, Fulani suka kama birnin a yayin yakin Fulani. A shekarar 1903, sarkin Katsina ya amince da mulkin Birtaniya, wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa samun 'yancin kai a shekarar 1960. A cikin birnin akwai Gobarau Minaret, wata hasumiyar kaza da ke da tsawon mita 15, wacce aka gina da laka da rassan dabino a karni na 18.

Yau, Katsina shine babban cibiyar tattalin arziki da ilimi a arewacin Najeriya. Bayan kafar jihar Katsina a shekarar 1987, birnin ya ci gaba da girma sosai. Akwai manyan jami'o'i kamar Umaru Musa Yar'adua University da Alqalam University, tare da Polytechnic da Federal College of Education. Harkokin kasuwanci da noma, musamman kasuwancin gyada da fata, da kuma sana'o'in gargajiya kamar zare da zanen fata, su ne ke taimakawa wajen ci gaban birnin.