Tamburawa
town in Kano State, Nigeria
Tamburawa() is a prominent town in Dawakin Kudu Local Government located 15 km from Kano City in Kano State, Nigeria. The inhabitant of Tamburawa are Hausa, mostly lecturers, farmers, union workers, and businessmen. Irrigation farming is widely practiced. Tamburawa which is also known as Tamburawa Yamma, is a unique and homogeneous town. In the 2006 population census, Tamburawa and its remote villages were marked with a number of approximately 13,453 inhabitants. It is also divided into four major zones i.e. Kofar Arewa, Kofar Gabas, Kofar Yamma, and lastly Kofar Kudu. The people of Tamburawa have great enthusiasm for the game of football. It has a particular team that normally stands for the town in competitions or leagues that is Tamburawa United. The geographical location of Tamburawa is 11,52W 17,50E and 8,32 15.55E. standing 1450 ft above sea level.
“Tamburawa” enters the record as town in Kano State, Nigeria. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tamburawa, town and Kano can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25052724. Authority coordinates are 11.870, 8.532. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006 and 1450.
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