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Minjibir
Minjibir
LGA and town
	Minjibir Location in Nigeria
	Coordinates: 12°10′42″N 8°39′33″E / 12.1783°N 8.6592°E
Country	Nigeria
State	Kano State
Area
• Total	416 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population (2006 census)
• Total	213,794
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
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]

History

Minjibir was founded in the early 18th-century by the Fulani of the Yerimawa clan. Initially, the town was administered by a Hausa titleholder known as the Turakin Romo. After Usman dan Fodio’s jihad, the Emirate of Kano was established. Suleimanu, the Emir of Kano, awarded the title of Turakin Romo to a student of his who was a member of the Yerimawa clan.^[2]^: 248

Minjibir was historically known as a center of textile production, particularly handweaving, which was formerly a source of livelihood for most households. Along with the surrounding villages, Minjibir was known for producing white wide strip-woven bullam, blue-black bunu, and black-white checked saƙi cloths. The town's proximity to the city of Kano facilitated commerce. In 1949, a large workshop was set up in Minjibir by the Kano Native Authority; it was called the Kano Textile Training Center. This subsequently closed down. Later, Minjibir handweavers set up their own dye pits in order to bypass professional dyers and thus turn a higher profit. When Ashiru Abdullahi visited Minjibir in 2018, he found that handweaving is no longer done in Minjibir itself, but rather in the outlying village of Gidan Gabas. Their main customers are traditional rulers as well as participants in horseback processions following Eid al-Fitr and 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.^[3]

References

^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
^ Paden, John N. (1973). Religion and political culture in Kano. Internet Archive. Berkeley, University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01738-2.
^ Maiwada, Salihu (2020). "Declining Supply and Continued Demand for Handwoven Textiles, Kano State". In Renne, Elisha; Maiwada, Salihu (eds.). Textile Ascendancies: Aesthetics, Production, and Trade in Northern Nigeria. University of Michigan Press. pp. 69–85. ISBN 978-0-472-12663-7. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

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[1] "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

[2] Paden, John N. (1973). Religion and political culture in Kano. Internet Archive. Berkeley, University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01738-2.

[Maiwada-3] Maiwada, Salihu (2020). "Declining Supply and Continued Demand for Handwoven Textiles, Kano State". In Renne, Elisha; Maiwada, Salihu (eds.). Textile Ascendancies: Aesthetics, Production, and Trade in Northern Nigeria. University of Michigan Press. pp. 69–85. ISBN 978-0-472-12663-7. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

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 The [[postal code]] of the area is 702.<ref>{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126042849/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/postcode.aspx |archivedate=2012-11-26 }}</ref>
+== History ==
-Minjibir was historically known as a center of [[textile]] production, particularly [[handweaving]], which was formerly a source of livelihood for most households. Along with the surrounding villages, Minjibir was known for producing white [[Strip weaving|wide strip-woven]] ''bullam'', blue-black ''bunu'', and black-white checked ''saƙi'' cloths. The town's proximity to the city of Kano facilitated commerce. In 1949, a large workshop was set up in Minjibir by the [[Kano Native Authority]]; it was called the Kano Textile Training Center. This subsequently closed down. Later, Minjibir handweavers set up their own [[dye]] pits in order to bypass professional dyers and thus turn a higher profit. When [[Ashiru Abdullahi]] visited Minjibir in 2018, he found that handweaving is no longer done in Minjibir itself, but rather in the outlying village of [[Gidan Gabas]]. Their main customers are traditional rulers as well as participants in horseback processions following [[Eid al-Fitr]] and [[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.<ref name="Maiwada">{{cite book |last1=Maiwada |first1=Salihu |editor1-last=Renne |editor1-first=Elisha |editor2-last=Maiwada |editor2-first=Salihu |title=Textile Ascendancies: Aesthetics, Production, and Trade in Northern Nigeria |date=2020 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-12663-7 |pages=69–85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ODSDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=18 October 2020 |chapter=Declining Supply and Continued Demand for Handwoven Textiles, Kano State}}</ref>
+Minjibir was founded in the early 18th-century by the [[Fula people|Fulani]] of the Yerimawa clan. Initially, the town was administered by a [[Hausa people|Hausa]] titleholder known as the ''Turakin Romo''. After [[Jihad of Usman dan Fodio|Usman dan Fodio’s jihad]], the [[Kano Emirate|Emirate of Kano]] was established. [[Sulaimanu|Suleimanu]], the Emir of Kano, awarded the title of Turakin Romo to a student of his who was a member of the Yerimawa clan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paden |first=John N. |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicenterprise00ligh |title=Religion and political culture in Kano |date=1973 |publisher=Berkeley, University of California Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-520-01738-2}}</ref>{{Rp|page=248}}
+Minjibir was historically known as a center of [[textile]] production, particularly handweaving, which was formerly a source of livelihood for most households. Along with the surrounding villages, Minjibir was known for producing white wide strip-woven ''bullam'', blue-black ''bunu'', and black-white checked ''saƙi'' cloths. The town's proximity to the city of [[Kano (city)|Kano]] facilitated commerce. In 1949, a large workshop was set up in Minjibir by the [[Kano Native Authority]]; it was called the Kano Textile Training Center. This subsequently closed down. Later, Minjibir handweavers set up their own dye pits in order to bypass professional dyers and thus turn a higher profit. When [[Ashiru Abdullahi]] visited Minjibir in 2018, he found that handweaving is no longer done in Minjibir itself, but rather in the outlying village of [[Gidan Gabas]]. Their main customers are traditional rulers as well as participants in horseback processions following [[Eid al-Fitr]] and [[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.<ref name="Maiwada">{{cite book |last1=Maiwada |first1=Salihu |editor1-last=Renne |editor1-first=Elisha |editor2-last=Maiwada |editor2-first=Salihu |title=Textile Ascendancies: Aesthetics, Production, and Trade in Northern Nigeria |date=2020 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-12663-7 |pages=69–85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ODSDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=18 October 2020 |chapter=Declining Supply and Continued Demand for Handwoven Textiles, Kano State}}</ref>
 ==References==

v t e Kano State
State capital: Kano
Local government areas	Ajingi Albasu Bagwai Bebeji Bichi Bunkure Dala Dambatta Dawakin Kudu Dawakin Tofa Doguwa Fagge Gabasawa Garko Garun Mallam Gaya Gezawa Gwale Gwarzo Kabo Kano Municipal Karaye Kibiya Kiru Kumbotso Kunchi Kura Madobi Makoda Minjibir Nasarawa Rano Rimin Gado Rogo Shanono Sumaila Takai Tarauni Tofa Tsanyawa Tudun Wada Ungogo Warawa Wudil