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About Suleja
Suleja is a city and Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria, just north of Abuja, capital of the country. It is sometimes confused with the nearby city of Abuja, due to its proximity and the fact that it was originally named Abuja before the Nigerian government adopted the name from the then Emir Sulayman Bal for its new federal capital in 1976.
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History
The emirate's wooded savanna area of about 2,980 square kilometres (1,150 sq mi) originally included four small Koro chiefdoms that paid tribute to the Hausa kingdom of Zazzau. After warriors of the Fulani jihad (struggle/War) captured Zaria (Zazzau's capital, 220 km (140 mi) north-northeast) about 1804, Muhamman Makau, sarkin ("king of") Zazzau, led many of the Hausa nobility to the Koro town of Zuba (10 km or 6 mi south). Abu Ja (Jatau), his brother and successor as sarkin Zazzau, founded Abuja town in 1828, began construction of its wall a year later, and proclaimed himself the first Sarkin Abuja.
Withstanding Zaria attacks, the Abuja emirate remained an independent Hausa refuge. Trade with the Fulani emirates of Bida (to the west) and Zaria began in Emir Abu Kwaka's reign (1851–1877), but, when Abuja's leaders disrupted the trade route between Lokoja (160 km or 99 mi south-southeast) and Zaria in 1902, the British occupied the town. Alluvial tin mining began in Emir Musa Angulu's reign (1917–1944).
In 2011, Suleja was hit by several bomb assaults. Ten people were killed on March 3. On April 7, another bomb killed 25 people.
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Map of Suleja
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Getting there and nearby towns
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 20 km away.
- Madala 9 km southeast, about 9 min by car
- Kuje 34 km south, about 34 min by car
- Abuja 37 km east, about 37 min by car
- Kwali 37 km southwest, about 37 min by car
- Lapai 69 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Buga 79 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Minna 84 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Keffi 85 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Photo credits
- Rafin Sanyi, Suleja Banner for WikiVoyage, Zcarstvnz Author of original photo: Hayatullahbusari, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Woman wearing a fashionable ichafu headtie, Andrew Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0
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