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Geographic Profile (Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger)

12records·3 fields·csv·1.3 KB·West Africa, tracking the riverine courses, valleys, islands, and borderlands along the Upper Middle Niger basin (specifically centering on the contemporary LGAs of Yauri, Ngaski, and Shanga within Kebbi State, Northern Nigeria), with historic pre-conquest territorial lines expanding outward to the borders of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Nupe (Niger State).·c. 1905 A.D. – 2014 A.D.

A structured geographic, demographic, ecological, and spatial profile dataset mapping 12 core territorial boundaries, pre- and post-colonial area metrics, population censuses, topographical structures, climate parameters, and administrative sub-divisions that define the physical landscape and changing borders of the Yauri Kingdom (later Yauri Emirate) along the Upper Middle Niger river course.

Source & Methodology

Extracted from early colonial intelligence gazetteers (incorporating C.L. Temple’s $1922$ reprinted $1905$ Notes on the Tribes of Northern Nigeria), primary geological surveys, regional climate logs, and localized oral architectural measurements systemized by editors Prof. A.I. Yandaki, Prof. H.M. Maishanu, and Prof. M.U. Bunza in their collaborative volume "Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger: A History of Yauri Kingdom from 1411 up to its Emirate Status"

Related Project

project / historical-political-western-sahel

Schema — 3 fields

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Geographic ProfileSpatial DemographicsTerritorial ContractionUpper Middle NigerCoordinate GeolocationRiverine TopographyCrystalline ValleysNorthern Guinea SavannaSeasonal RainfallHistoric MappingColonial DownsizingDistrict RegistriesLocal Government AreasKebbi StateDefensive FortificationsClay WallsBirnin Yauri BadalaC L TempleA I Yandaki

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