Kano

Kano is a city in Northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. Kano is the largest city in northern Nigeria. It has a population of around 2 million giving it a busy atmosphere. It is an ancient trading city inhabited for well over a thousand years.

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  • Kano is a large city in northern Nigeria that I spent a few days in. There is history to this place as it is the oldest city in West Africa dating back over a 1000 years. One of the things to check out is the dye pits which are apparantly the oldest in Africa. They are still used by men dying cloth …  Michael M.
  • A very hospiyable place to visit, with alot of history, though most of it is undevelop. Nice hotels to lodge, good hang-out joints and alot of traditional delicacies. A predominantly muslim state in the norhtern part of Nigeria, with a population of over 11million. Its also a trade centre dating …  Salihu Y.
  • Kano was exciting for me.i stayed off hadeja road....by yankaba ,red bricks and hospital muritala in city.kano indigenes are not too friendly with women.nightlife is better enjoyed in sabon gari.......you can eat local delicacies like chicken gwagwa.weather...when its cold...its cold.when its …  Mojisola O.
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Kano Travel Guide is based on Kano by Inas, Evan Wheeler, jr@jriddell.org, Edo, Peter Fitzgerald, ChubbyWimbus, Burmesedays, iGuide and others. Kano Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.