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Sunday, June 22, 2014

#17 JIGAWA STATE: The 36 States Of Nigeria And Their Meanings


17. JIGAWA STATE
The state was named after its distinctively golden-coloured soil, Jigawa. Jigawa can also be translated to mean sand or sandy in Hausa. The colour is said to stand for the resilience, strength, determination and endurance that comes with living in the dry Sahel and Savanna, in which the state is located.
  

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