Hausa people
ethnic group in West Africa
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Summary
Hausa people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,027 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bauchi State[3], Borno State[4], Jigawa State[5], Kaduna State[6], Kano State[7], Katsina State[8], Kebbi State[9], Niger State[10], Sokoto State[11], Taraba State[12]
- Country: Ivory Coast[13], Togo[14], Benin[15], Burkina Faso[16], Cameroon[17], Nigeria[18], Niger[19], Sudan[20], Chad[21], Mali[22], Senegal[23], Gabon[24], Central African Republic[25], Republic of the Congo[26]
- Commons category: Hausa people[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hausa[28]
- Population: 40,000,000[29]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34]
- Different from: Hausa[35]
- Language used: Hausa[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups[37]
Why It Matters
Hausa people has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
It has been cited as an influence by Gonja kingdom[40], a kingdom[41], in Ghana[42], founded in 1675[43].
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Who did Hausa people influence?
Hausa people has been cited as an influence by Gonja kingdom[40].