Katsina (birni)
Katsina (kuma Katsinna da Kachinna, daga Masinna, [Machinna] da Teshinna [Tachinna], mai yiwuwa daga "Tamashek" (ma'ana ɗa ko jini) ko mazza [maza] masu "inna" [uwa] ) [1] karamar hukuma ce. Area kuma babban birnin jihar Katsina, a arewacin Najeriya . [2] Katsina tana da nisan 160 miles (260 km) gabas da birnin, Sokoto da 84 miles (135 km) arewa maso yammacin Kano, kusa da kan iyaka da Nijar, Jamhuriyar.
A shekarar 2016, adadin mutanen Katsina ya kai 429,000. [3]
Birnin shi ne cibiyar yankin noma da ke samar da gyada, auduga, fatu, gero da masara ta Guinea [2] sannan kuma yana da injina na noman man gyada, da karfe, ya kasance cibiyar kiwon kaji da yawa na shanu, awaki., tumaki da kaji.
Garin yana da mafi yawan al'ummar musulmi musamman daga kabilar Hausawa da Fulani.
Marigayi Shugaban Najeriya Umaru 'Yar'aduwa ya kasance mai martaba a Katsina.
Gwamnan jihar Katsina mai ci Aminu Bello Masari, wanda aka rantsar da shi a matsayin gwamnan jihar a ranar 29 ga Mayu 2015, wanda ya gaji Barista Ibrahim Shema .
Masarautar Katsina[gyara sashe | Gyara masomin]
Gidan sarautar Katsina wanda aka fi sani da 'Gidan Korau' wani katon katafaren gini ne da ke tsakiyar tsohon birnin. Alama ce ta al'adu, tarihi da al'adun 'Katsinawa'. Kamar yadda tarihi ya nuna, Muhammadu Korau ne ya gina shi a shekarar 1348, wanda ake kyautata zaton shi ne Sarkin Katsina Musulmi na farko. Wannan ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa a al'adance ake kiransa 'Gidan Korau' (Gidan Korau). Yana daya daga cikin tsofaffi kuma a cikin manyan gidajen sarauta, tare da Daura, Kano da Zazzau. An kewaye fadar da katanga mai suna 'Ganuwar Gidan Sarki' (wanda yanzu ya tafi). Babbar kofar da ke kaiwa fadar ana kiranta da 'Kofar Soro', yayin da kofar bayan gida ake kiranta da 'Kofar Bai' (yanzu tafi). Wurin zama na sarki da ke tsakiyar fadar wani babban fili ne da aka gina shi cikin tsarin gine-gine na al'ada[1]. Sarkin Katsina na yanzu shine Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman.