Introducing Kano
Travel Alert: The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office recommends against all travel to this area, please check with your relevant national government.
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Kano is the oldest city in West Africa (it was founded around 1400 years ago) and Nigeria’s third largest. It was a major crossroads in the trans-Saharan trade routes and, from the Middle Ages, an important centre for Islamic scholarship. A favoured traveller destination, Kano has terrible air pollution, with traffic fumes mixed with the dusty harmattan wind.
As capital of a sharia state, alcohol was technically banned in 2004, although you can still get a drink in upmarket restaurants or in the bars of the Christian Sabon Gari district.
Last updated: Apr 18, 2012
Thorn Tree forum discussion
Recent posts
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RE: Keeping things close to the vest...
by EM_Guero 16 May 2012
Yeah, it wasn't a fun 26 hours for me, Kano. Been looking at local budget airlines recently. May be taking a short trip somewhere soon.…
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RE: Travel mishaps
by shortsail 05 April 2012
My most enjoyable travel mishap was when I was nine years old. I was flying back from Kano, Nigeria to Scotland where my Mother was eagerly…
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RE: Situation in Hausaland
by halfwaytree 21 February 2012
For the sake of completeness: Although the Boko Haram was active in North-Nigeria by the time I visited this area, I felt comfortable…
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