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Kano

Nigeria

Watercolour of Kano, Nigeria. The ancient thousand-year-old Hausa trans-Saharan trading metropolis, centered around Gidan Rumfa (Emir's Palace), the Ancient Kano City Walls, and the Kofar Mata Dye Pits, with Gidan Rumfa and Ancient Kano City Walls.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Gidan Rumfa; Ancient Kano City Walls; Kofar Mata Indigo Dye Pits; Dala Hill; Kano Central Mosque; Hausa; lush Sudan savanna and Sahelian flora; Hausa-Fulani
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking toward the monumental carved earthen portal of the Emir's Palace or across the round earthen vats of Kofar Mata toward the city wall and Dala Hill, showing neem tree branches and earthen ground in the foreground, the historic mud-brick architecture, dye pits, or palace gates in the middle-ground, and the rocky granite hump of Dala Hill rising in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick canopies of neem and baobab trees throughout the city, the green dome of the Emir's Palace, and courtyard gardens.
Guarded against
Not Kaduna, Sokoto, or Zaria
Population4,910,000Wikidata: 4,348,000
Coordinates12.00°N, 8.52°E
Elevation488 m
Area499 km²
Time zoneAfrica/LagosUTC+1
Solar noon12:26clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Kano and you surface nearest to Taulaga, American Samoa — 113 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

KadunaNG201 km
JosNG234 km
AbujaNG345 km
SokotoNG375 km
MaiduguriNG505 km
IlorinNG584 km
OnitshaNG678 km
Benin CityNG705 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Kano inside this atlas.

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