Daura

This article is about the LGA and Town in Katsina. For the emirate, see Daura Emirate. For the national costume of Nepal, see Daura-Suruwal.

Daura
LGA and Town
Daura Location in Nigeria
Coordinates:
Country	Nigeria
State	Katsina
Local Government Area	Daura
Government
• Emir	Umar Faruk Umar
Elevation	1,558 ft (474 m)
Time zone	West Africa Time (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Daura is a town and Local Government Area in Katsina State, northern Nigeria. It is the spiritual home of the Hausa people.

The University of California's African American Studies Department refers to Daura and Katsina as having been "ancient seats of Islamic culture and learning." However, the town also has a Roman Catholic church, St Gabriel's Catholic Church.

Emirate

Main article: Daura Emirate

The Daura Emirate is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" (Hausa Bakwai) In 1805, during the Fulani War, Daura was taken over by Fulani warrior Malam Ishaku, who set up an emirate. The Hausa set up rival states nearby, and the ruler of one, Malam Musa, was made the new emir of Daura by the British in 1904. Daura's traditional ruler, the Emir of Daura still rules as a ceremonial hereditary monarch, and maintains a palace. Umar Faruk Umar became the 60th Emir of Daura on 28 February 2007 following the death of Sarki Muhammadu Bashar Dan Umaru.

Modern times

Once part of Kaduna State, Daura became part of the new Katsina State in 1987. In 2003, Lawal Garba, a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, was elected as Daura's representative to the House of Representatives of Nigeria. The federal constituency comprises Daura, Mai'adua and Sandamu. His term expired in 2007. In April 2007 Yusuf Bello of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from Mai'adua, became the representative in the National Assembly. In the 2011 elections, Bello was defeated and left the National Assembly. He was replaced by Dr. Umar Katsayal of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Intra-party squabbles, characterized by litigations, cut short the tenure of Dr. Katsayal and Salisu Ado was recognized by the courts. He represents the people of Daura, Mai'adua and Sandamu at the lower chamber of the National Assembly. Other notable people from Daura include the President and commander-in-chief of the federal republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari.

Population and geographic statistics

Daura's population was estimated as 25,151 as of 1972. According to the MARA/ARMA organization, malaria affects Daura for four to six months of the year, and is "endemic and seasonal." In 2005, after an outbreak of measles in Katsina State, Daura became one of five training centers for workers who were to carry out immunization.

On vehicle license plates, Daura is abbreviated as DRA.

References

• Nigeria: Daura's Tales of a Snake, Many Queens. Danjuma Michael, This Day (Lagos). 19 March 2009.

External links

• Administrative divisions of Katsina State
• Global improvement of person initiative (GIOPINI) photos of projects in Daura