Alkalawa

Alkalawa
Shown within Nigeria
LocationSabon Birni, Sokoto State, Nigeria
Coordinates13°36′47″N 06°15′36″E / 13.61306°N 6.26000°E / 13.61306; 6.26000
Part ofGobir
History
Founded1760s
Abandoned3 October 1808
CulturesHausa (Gobirawa and Zamfarawa)
Site notes
ConditionAbandoned

Alkalawa (Hausa: Alƙalawa) was the capital of the Hausa city-state of Gobir, in what is now northern Nigeria.

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