found: Fourth national development plan 1981-85, 1986?:t.p. (Kano State of Nigeria)
found: GEOnet, Feb. 17, 2006(Kano [short form] State--ADM1, 11°30ʹN 08°30ʹE; NI29)
found: New encyc. Brit., micro., v. 5, c1983(Kano; historic kingdom, emirate, and state in northern Nigeria; became an emirate in the 1800s; became a province in 1903; in 1968, Kano State was formed)
found: Kano online Web site, viewed Feb. 17, 2006(When modern Kano State was created in 1967 and formally came into being on April 1st 1968, it had four separate emirates: Kano, Hadejia, Gumel & Kazaure; because of Jigawa State being carved out of Kano State, it [now] has one emirate: Kano)
