Katsina-Ala | ||||
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Wuri | ||||
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Ƴantacciyar ƙasa | Najeriya | |||
Jihohin Najeriya | Jahar Benue | |||
Bayanan Tuntuɓa | ||||
Lambar aika saƙo | 980001 | |||
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci |
Katsina-Ala karamar hukuma ce a jihar Benue dake a shiyar tsakiyar Nijeriya. Hedikwatarta tana cikin garin Katsina-Ala inda babbar hanyar A344 take farawa. Har ila yau, wuri ne na wani muhimmin wuri na tarihi inda aka samo kayayyakin gargajiya na al'adun Nok.
Katsina-Ala tana da yanki mai fadin 2,402 km2 (927 sq mi) da yawan jama'a 224,718 a ƙidayar 2006. Garin shine wurin kayan tsoffin makarantu a Najeriya, Kwalejin Gwamnati ta Katsina-Ala, wacce aka kafa ta a shekara ta alif 1914, kuma ta samar da manyan mambobi a cikin al'ummar Najeriya. Lambar akwatin gidan yankin 980. Communityasar, wacce ke gefen Kogin Katsina Ala, babban yanki ne na Kogin Benuwe, galibi mazaunan sun mamaye ta.
An samo mutum-mutumin Terracotta a Katsina Ala a tsakiyar karni na ashirin. Sun haɗa da ainihin alamun kawunan mutane, tare da wasu dabbobi, da ɓangarorin manyan gumaka. Hotunan mutum-mutumi sun yi kama da wasu da aka samu a Nok, kimanin kilomita 209 daga arewa, kuma ana tunanin mutanen da al'adunsu daya suka yi su. Adadin mutane yana iya wakiltar kakanni ko ruhohi. A cewar Bernard Fagg, wani masanin ilmin kimiya na kayan tarihi wanda ya gudanar da bincike mai zurfi game da al'adun Nok, ayyukan da ake yi a Katsina Ala sun kasance wani salo na musamman. Mutum-mutumi daga Taruga da na Samun Dukiya sun yi kama, amma suna da bambancin salo iri-iri. Aikin ƙarfe ya fara aiki a wurin a ƙarni na huɗu kafin haihuwar Yesu, da ɗan lokaci kaɗan da baƙin ƙarfe da ke aiki a Taruga. Hakanan an gano wasu narkakken kwalba da aka narke a shafin, wasu daga cikinsu na iya zama kwaikwayon kwasfa na kuli-kuli.