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Sokoto (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 04 58 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 5.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Prior to the present day state, the area was known as the Sokoto Caliphate until 1804; defeated by British & incoporated into Protectorate of Northern Nigeria 1903; agriculture is mainstay of economy; Fulani & Hausa are dominant ethnic groups. |
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| Sokoto (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Sokoto state (C,O,display)
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| Sokoto State (C,U,O)
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| NI51 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Rima State (C,U)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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established 1976 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| successor of .... |
Sokoto Caliphate .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
| ...................... |
(World, Africa, Nigeria) [8711840] |
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