Katsina State

Katsina State (Home of Hospitality)

 Executive Governor

 Aminu Bello Masari

 DEPUTY GOVERNOR

 Alhaji Mannir Yakubu

 

Creation: Katsina State was formed from part of Kaduna State in 1987.

Capital: Katsina.

Major Cities: Katsina, Funtua, Mahumfashi, Daura, Runka, Bakori Dutsinma, Zango, Wagini.

Geographic Profile: Covering a total land mass of 24,192km, Katsina State is bounded in the east by Kano and Jigawa States, in the south by Kaduna State, in the west by Zamfara State and in the north by Niger Republic. Katsina State forms part of the extensive plains known as the High Plains of Hausaland.

Economic Profile: The State has no problem of urban primacy. The urban, semi urban locations and nodal villages which more or less approximate to the present headquarters of the thirty-four local government areas are evenly spread and are surrounded by other rural settlements. These two types of settlements form close knit economic, cultural, administrative and historical inter-relationships. Furthermore, each has a fairly long historical link with Katsina city which has subsequently served as the headquarters of Katsina Emirate, then of Katsina Province, and now the capital of Katsina State.

Occupation: The working population of the people in Katsina State are farmers and cattle rearers with rich cultural values and are highly regarded for their honesty, hard-work and hospitality.

Ethnic Profile: Katsina is a predominantly Hausa Fulani State. Most people speak only Hausa. A great majority of the people are settled cultivators and traders. But there are a considerable number of nomadic cattle Fulanis, whose males rear livestock, while the females hawk locally prepared fermented milk in towns and villages.

Local Government Areas ( 34 LGAs): Bakori, Batagarawa, Batsari, Baure, Bindawa, Charanchi, Dan, Musa, Dandume, Danja, Daura, Dutsi, Dutsin Ma, Faskari, Funtua, Ingawa, Jibia, Kafur, Kaita, Kankara, Kankia, Katsina, Kurfi, Kusada, Mai’Adua, Malumfashi, Mani, Mashi, Matazu, Musawa, Rimi, Sabuwa, Safana, Sandamu, Zango.

Raw Materials Distribution in Katsina State

                                                                       KATSINA STATE
S/N LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA MINERAL RAW MATERIALS AGRO RAW MATERIALS
1 BATAGARAWA

Feldspar, Kaolin

Sorghum, Millet, Wheat, Onion, groundnut, Vegetables, Cow pea, Neem Tree, Sorrel, Hides & Skin, Fruits (Mango).
2 BATSARI Kaolin, Feldspar, Mica, Gold, Gypsum, Silimanite Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Cowpea, Cotton, Pepper, Sweet Potato, Mango, Neem Tree.
3 BAURE Silica Sand Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Groundnut, Hide And Skin
4 BINDAWA Laterite, Iron- Ore, Iron Oxide Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cowpea, Cotton
5 CHARANCHI Sorghum, Millet, Cotton, Cowpea, Mango, Hides & Skin
6 DANDUME Amethyst, Emerald, Aquamarine Maize, Sorghum, Rice, Cotton, Mango, Soya Beans, Sheanut, Sugarcane, Coco yam, Pumpkin, Cowpea, Mango, Sweet Potato
7 DANJA Manganese, Kaolin Maize, Sorghum, Cotton, Rice, Soya Beans, Sheanut, Sugarcane, Coco yam, Pumpkin, Cowpea, Mango
8 DANMUSA Kaolin Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Cotton, Groundnut, Maize, Hide & Skin
9 DAURA Granite, Uranium Millet, Sorghum, Groundnut, Wheat, Mango, Vegetable, Red Sorrel, Cowpea
10 DUTSI Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cowpea, Hides & Skin
11 DUTSIN–MA Kaolin, Iron- Ore, Graphite Sorghum, Millet, Cotton, Onions, Vegetable, Cowpea, Groundnut, Hides & Skin
12 FASKARI

Gold, Laterite, Mica, Emerald, Black Tourmaline, Sapphire, Mica, Asbestos, Granite.

Maize, Sorghum, Rice, Soyabeans, Groundnut, Sweet potato, Cowpea, Sheanut, Sugarcane, Cotton.

13 FUNTUA

Chromite, Manganese, Ball Clay, Laterite, Emerald, Amethyst, Topaz, Aquamarine.

Maize, Sorghum, Cotton, Rice, Wheat, Soyabeans, Groundnut, Pepper, Sheanut, Potato (Sweet & Irish), Yam, Sugarcane, Coco yam, Cowpea
14 INGAWA Red Iron Oxide, Kaolin, Talc, Granite, Quartz, Laterite, Mica Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, mango, Sorrel (Zobo Fruits), Neem Tree, Cotton
15 JIBIA Quartz, Amethyst, Silimanite, Granite, Aquamarine

Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Onions, Groundnut, Vegetable, Sorrel, Tomatoes, Potato, Hides & Skin.

16 KAFUR Diamond, Ilmenite

Maize, Sorghum, Wheat, Sugarcane, Cotton, Rice, Sweet potato, Mango, Cowpea, Sheanut.

17 KAITA

Laterite

Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Onions, Groundnut, Vegetable, Sorrel, Wheat, Pepper, Hides & Skin.

18 KANKARA Kaolin, Red Iron Oxide, Graphite, Feldspar Maize, Sorghum, Cotton, Pepper, Wheat, Millet, Vegetables, Soyabeans, Sheanut
19 KANKIA Quartz, Iron Ore, Kaolin Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Groundnut, Cotton, Neem Tree, Mango
20 KATSINA Red Iron Oxide, Potash, Laterite Millet, Sorghum, Cowpea, Wheat, Groundnut, Hides & Skin, Vegetables, Pepper, Sorrel (Zobo& Fruits), Onions
21 KURFI Quartz, Tourmaline, Feldspar, Granite Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Maize, Cotton, Groundnut, Pepper, Sweet Potato
22 KUSADA

Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cowpea, Cotton, Hides & Skin.

23 MAI’ADUA Laterite, Granite

Sorghum, Millet, Pepper, Cowpea, Vegetables, Groundnut, Sorrel, Neem Tree

24 MALUMFASHI Kaolin, Gold, Laterite

Sugarcane, Tomatoes, Maize, Millet, Cowpea, Cotton, Groundnut, Pepper, Wheat, Onion, Vegetables, Rice, Mango, Soya beans

25 MANI Laterite

Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Vegetables, Wheat, Groundnut, Livestock

26 MASHI Granite, Laterite

Sorghum, Neem Tree, Millet, Cowpea, Groundnut, Livestock

27 MUSAWA Kaolin.

Maize, Millet, Cowpea, Pepper, Cotton, Sheanut, sorghum, Groundnut

28 RIMI Laterite.

Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Pepper, Mango, Livestock, Neem Tree

29 SABUWA Quartz, Gold, Amethyst, Emerald, Topaz, Aquamarine

Maize, Sorghum, Rice, Cotton, Soyabeans Yam, Sugarcane, Groundnut, Pepper, Coco yam, Sweet Potato, Sheanut, Cowpea, Mango

30 SAFANA Kaolin, Feldspar, Gold, Silimanite, Mica

Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Cotton, pepper, Groundnut, Sweet Potato, Sugarcane, Vegetables, Red Sorrel, Hides & Skin.

31 SANDAMU

Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Groundnut, Beniseed, Hides & Skin

32 ZANGO Uranium, Silica Sand, Granite, Laterite

Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cowpea, Beniseed, Neem Tree, Sorrel, Vegetables, Mango.

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