Minjibir
Minjibir | |
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| 3-digit postal code prefix | 702 |
| ISO 3166 code | NG.KN.MI |
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Minjibir is a
Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Minjibir, about 20 km northeast of the state capital Kano
.
It has an area of 416 km2 and a population of 213,794 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 702.[1]
Minjibir was historically known as a center of
Eid al-Kabir. While the handweaving of strip-woven cloths has steeply declined in Nigeria since the 1970s, Abdullah noted that a number of young men worked as handweavers in Gidan Gabas, thus keeping the tradition alive in the area.[2]
References
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ISBN 978-0-472-12663-7. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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