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Gwandu | |
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LGA and town | |
| Nickname: TA ABDULLAHI | |
  Gwandu | |
| Coordinates: 12°30′8″N 4°38′33″E / 12.50222°N 4.64250°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Kebbi State |
| Demonym | Gwandawa (plural) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Gwandu, also called Gando, is a town and emirate in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The seat of government for the emirate[1][2] and district of this name is in Birnin Kebbi, which is the capital of Kebbi State and was capital of the historical Kingdom of Kebbi.[3] Founded in the sixteenth century by the Kabbawa, a Hausa people Gwandu today acts as one of the four emirates composing Kebbi State.[4]
The town became important during the Fulani jihad, and from 1815 it was one of the two capitals of the Fulani empire[5] until it came under British control in 1903.[6][7][4]
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- ^ Hopen, C. Edward (2018-09-03). The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-95044-5.
- ^ Tukur, Mahmud Modibbo (2016-08-15). British Colonisation of Northern Nigeria, 1897-1914: A Reinterpretation of Colonial Sources. Amalion Publishing. ISBN 978-2-35926-048-9.
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