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Kankara

LGA and town in Katsina State, Nigeria
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Summary

Kankara is a local government area of Nigeria[1]. Kankara ranks in the top 7% of local_government_area_of_nigeria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kankara is located in Katsina State[3].
  • Kankara is in the country of Nigeria[4].
  • Kankara's instance of is recorded as local government area of Nigeria[5].
  • Kankara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.973888888889, 'lon': 7.3627777777778}[6].
  • Kankara has a population of {'amount': '+152748'}[7].
  • Kankara has a population of {'amount': '+243259'}[8].
  • Kankara's different from is recorded as kankara sanshin[9].
  • Kankara covers an area of {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+1462'}[10].

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Geography

Kankara is in the country of Nigeria[4]. Kankara is located in Katsina State[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kankara covers an area of {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+1462'}[10]. Population counts include {'amount': '+152748'}[7] and {'amount': '+243259'}[8].

Designation and Status

Kankara's instance of is recorded as local government area of Nigeria[5].

Why It Matters

Kankara ranks in the top 7% of local_government_area_of_nigeria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2] Kankara has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Kankara is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Nigeria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Retrieved . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Retrieved . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ha', 'it', 'kai', 'yo', 'zh', 'zh_min_nan']
    Located in time zone → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57069|batch #57069]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 4w ago · Hjart · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 11.973888888889, 'lon': 7.3627777777778}
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Coordinate location: 11°56'N, 7°26'E"
  3. 21w ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 11.973888888889, 'lon': 7.3627777777778}
    Population → {'amount': '+152748'}, {'amount': '+243259'}
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → local government area of Nigeria
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ml */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32649|batch #32649]]: nig-dml-f3"
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