Kaduna State Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Geography== [[File:River Kaduna From Train.webm|thumb|273x273px|Kaduna River]]The state is located at the Northern part of Nigeria's high plains. The [[vegetation]] cover is Sudan Savannah type, characterized by scattered short trees, shrubs and grasses. The soil is mostly loamy to sandy. A substantial amount of clay is found also. Its northern half became [[Katsina]] state in 1987. The state is bordered by seven states: Zamfara for 117 km (73 miles) and Katsina for 161 km (100 miles) to the north, Kano to the north-east for 255 km, Bauchi and Plateau to the east, Nasarawa and Abuja Federal Capital Territory (for 45 km) to the south, and Niger to the west.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kaduna-state-Nigeria|title=Kaduna {{!}} state, Nigeria|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613225321/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kaduna-state-Nigeria|url-status=live}}</ref> The Kaduna state is located between latitude 10°38'58" N and 10°25'36" N and to longitude 7°22'14" E and 7°32'00" E.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Yusuf|first=Saleh|title=Kaduna: Physical and Human environment|year=2015}}</ref> The state was ranked number four by total area of land and number three by population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Bank Open Data |url=https://data.worldbank.org/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref> The [[Kaduna River]], a tributary of the [[Niger River]], flows through the state. There are rocky stones in [[Zaria]] and Kogoro Hill. Many communities are prone to seasonal flooding during the rainy season.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-09-06|title=Kaduna residents in flood prone areas say nowhere to go|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/09/kaduna-residents-in-flood-prone-areas-say-nowhere-to-relocate/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|archive-date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002130143/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/09/kaduna-residents-in-flood-prone-areas-say-nowhere-to-relocate/|url-status=live}}</ref> === Climate === The rainy season in Kaduna is hot, humid, and cloudy, while the dry season is hot and partly cloudy. Throughout the year, the temperature rarely falls below 50 °F or rises above 102 °F, usually ranging between 55 °F and 95 °F.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaduna Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/55104/Average-Weather-in-Kaduna-Nigeria-Year-Round |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page