Introduction to Kaduna

Pronounced as kA´´doona´, Kaduna is situated in N Nigeria. The city was founded by the British in 1913 and became the capital (1917–67) of Nigeria's former Northern Region. it is N Nigeria's most important political center. Training colleges for teachers, police, and the military, two universities, and a technical institute are in Kaduna. It has a population of 302,000.

A commercial and industrial center of N Nigeria, Kaduna has cotton-textile, beverage, and furniture factories. It is a rail and road junction and the trade center for the surrounding agricultural area. A pipeline connects the city's oil refinery and petrochemical plant to oil fields in the Niger River delta. Cotton, peanuts, sorghum, and ginger are shipped.