Sokoto State

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Sokoto State
State nickname: Seat of the Caliphate
Location

Statistics
Governor
(List) Attahiru Bafarawa (ANPP)
Date Created 3 February 1976
Capital Sokoto
Area 25,973 km²
Ranked 16th
Population
1991 Census
2005 est. Ranked 14th
4,392,391
4,244,399
ISO 3166-2 NG-SO

Sokoto State State nickname: Seat of the Caliphate
Location

Statistics
Governor (List)	Attahiru Bafarawa (ANPP)
Date Created	3 February 1976
Capital	Sokoto
Area	25,973 km² Ranked 16th
Population 1991 Census 2005 est.	Ranked 14th 4,392,391 4,244,399
ISO 3166-2	NG-SO

Sokoto State is a state in north-western Nigeria. Its capital is Sokoto.

A state (North-Western) based in Sokoto was established in 1967. This covered what is now Niger State, which was split off in 1976, Kebbi State (split off in 1991), and Zamfara State, which was split off in 1996.

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