Kaduna definition
A city of central Nigeria north of Abuja. Founded by the British in 1913, the city has cotton mills.
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Tributaries of the Niger traverse the western portion of the country, the most noteworthy being the Gulbin Kebbi or Sokoto river and the Kaduna, which flows through a valley not more than 500 ft.
The Kaduna from its confluence with the Niger can be ascended by steamer 50 m.
This was selected on a branch of the Kaduna river in the south-western corner of the province of Zaria, at a place of which the native name of Zungeru was retained.