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Location | Sabon Birni, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
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Coordinates | 13°36′47″N 06°15′36″E / 13.61306°N 6.26000°E |
Part of | Gobir |
History | |
Founded | 1760s |
Abandoned | 3 October 1808 |
Cultures | Hausa (Gobirawa and Zamfarawa) |
Site notes | |
Condition | Abandoned |
Alkalawa (Hausa: Alƙalawa) was the capital of the Hausa city-state of Gobir, in what is now northern Nigeria.