Used for: created 1987 from the north of Kaduna State; capital Katsina; 'Home of Hospitality'; 34 LGAs; borders; Daura and Katsina among the Hausa states; emirates under the Sokoto Caliphate; Hausa, Fulani, Maguzawa; crops and livestock; savanna; Bunsuru, Gada and Sokoto rivers; area 23,938 km².