Northern Region

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The Northern Region was the largest and most populous administrative division of early independent Nigeria, encompassing much of the country’s northern territory before later being split into several states.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Northern Region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region ⓘ
subnational division ⓘ
area approximately 730,000 square kilometres ⓘ
capital Kaduna ⓘ
characteristic largest region in Nigeria by area ⓘ
most populous region in early independent Nigeria ⓘ
colonialAdministrator Governor of Northern Region ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
created 1946 ⓘ
currency Nigerian pound ⓘ
dissolved 1967 ⓘ
dissolvedBy creation of 12 states in Nigeria ⓘ
dominantParty Northern Peoples Congress ⓘ
establishedFrom Protectorate of Northern Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
linked to: Hausa people

Jukun ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
linked to: Kanuri people

Nupe ⓘ
Tiv ⓘ
existedDuring First Nigerian Republic ⓘ
colonial Nigeria ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary regional government ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier ⓘ
historicalEra post-World War II decolonisation era ⓘ
largestCity Kano ⓘ
legislature Northern House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
northern Nigeria ⓘ
majorLanguage Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Federation of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Nigeria
premier Ahmadu Bello ⓘ
Kashim Ibrahim ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
French West Africa ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Northern Cameroons (British Trust Territory) ⓘ
linked to: Northern Cameroons
status defunct ⓘ
succeededBy Benue-Plateau State ⓘ
Kano State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
North-Central State ⓘ
North-Eastern State ⓘ
North-Western State ⓘ
upperHouse Northern House of Chiefs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Republic of Nigeria → hadRegion → Northern Region ⓘ