Kanuri people

ethnic group
Intangible ethnic_group Q572665
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Kanuri people

Summary

Kanuri people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kanuri people is located in Adamawa State[3].
  • Kanuri people is located in Borno State[4].
  • Kanuri people is located in Taraba State[5].
  • Kanuri people is located in Yobe State[6].
  • Kanuri people is located in Kaduna State[7].
  • Kanuri people is located in Jigawa State[8].
  • Kanuri people is in the country of Nigeria[9].
  • Kanuri people is in the country of Niger[10].
  • Kanuri people is in the country of Chad[11].
  • Kanuri people is in the country of Sudan[12].
  • Kanuri people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[13].
  • Kanuri people's Commons category is recorded as Kanuri[14].
  • Kanuri people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kanuri people[15].
  • Kanuri people's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[16].
  • Kanuri people's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Kanuri people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Kanuri people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].

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Definition and Type

Kanuri people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[13].

Why It Matters

Kanuri people ranks in the top 9% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [13] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . vanguardngr.com. vanguardngr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2042441
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Adamawa State, Borno State, Taraba State +6
    Instance of ethnic group
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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