Country Nigeria 3-digit postal code prefix 700 Local time Thursday 2:19 AM | Time zone WAT (UTC+1) Area 19 km² ISO 3166 code Kano State | |
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Dala is a densely populated Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria within Kano city created in May, 1989 from the old Kano Municipal Local Government. It is located in the North-west part of the Kano metropolis. Its headquarters are in the Gwammaja locality.
It has an area of 19 km² and a population of 418,777 at the 2006 census. It is thus the largest Local Government Area in Nigeria.
Among popular economic and commercial activities in Dalla are dyeing, black smith, pot making, farming, fishing, shoe making and other commercial undertakings.
The Local Government is dubbed in Hausa as 'Cibiyar Dimokaradiyar Nigeria' meaning 'the Democratic Centre of Nigeria'. It is the birthplace of the great politician Mallam Aminu Kano whose personal residence was converted to the Centre for Democratic Research and Training by the Federal Government in order to immortalize his name and preserve his teachings and ideas for future generations.
Another prominent indigene is business mogul and Nigerian billionaire, Alhaji Aminu Dantata.
One of Nigeria's unity schools, the Government Girls College is in Dala.
The postal code of the area is 700.
It contains Dalla Hill from which it got its name and was once the capital of the Sultanate of Kano.