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Northern Nigeria Protectorate
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
British colony
gptkbp:area
about 255,000 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy
gptkb:French_West_Africa
gptkb:Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate
gptkbp:capital
gptkb:Zungeru
gptkbp:currency
gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:dissolved
1914
gptkbp:established
1900
gptkbp:ethnicGroup
gptkb:Nupe
gptkb:Jukun
gptkb:Tiv
Hausa
Fulani
Kanuri
gptkbp:firstCommissioner
gptkb:Frederick_Lugard
gptkbp:flag
gptkb:Flag_of_the_Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate
gptkbp:governedBy
gptkb:British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:historicalPeriod
gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Northern Nigeria Protectorate
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Colony_and_Protectorate_of_Nigeria
gptkbp:notableCity
Bauchi
Ilorin
Jos
Kano
Katsina
Maiduguri
Sokoto
Zaria
gptkbp:notableEvent
Amalgamation with Southern Nigeria in 1914
gptkbp:notableRuler
gptkb:King
gptkb:Emir_of_Kano
gptkb:Emir_of_Adamawa
gptkb:Emir_of_Bauchi
gptkb:Emir_of_Bida
gptkb:Emir_of_Gwandu
gptkb:Emir_of_Ilorin
gptkb:Emir_of_Katsina
gptkb:Emir_of_Kontagora
gptkb:Emir_of_Zazzau
gptkb:Shehu_of_Borno
gptkbp:officialLanguage
English
gptkbp:population
about 10 million (1911 census)
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Royal_Niger_Company
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Northern_Region,_Nigeria
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:colonial_Nigeria
gptkb:Sokoto_Caliphate
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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