Zaria

Worth seeing in and around Zaria

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Ahmadu Bello University

   The Ahmadu Bello University is a public research university located in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria.

   9 km · public university in Zaria, Nigeria · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Zaria

   The Diocese of Zaria ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. The diocese's episcopal see is Zaria, Kaduna State.

   900 m · diocese of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Federal College of Education, Zaria

   Federal College of Education, Zaria now Federal University of Education, Zaria, was a college of science and art in Zaria, Nigeria. It was established by the then Northern Region Government of Nigeria in November 1962.

   3.2 km · college of education in Nigeria · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

   Kashim Ibrahim Library is one of Africa's biggest academic libraries, located on the main campus of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. It is one of the Nigerian first-generation libraries commonly referred to as K.I.L. by the Abusites.

   9 km · Academic library · Wikipedia

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Getting to Zaria

Airports

Kaduna (KAD), 64 km · Mallam Aminu Kano (KAN), 136 km · Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State (BCU), 232 km

Stations

Zaria Airport, 4.6 km

• Kaduna → Zaria

  72 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · ₦4,410–5,900
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• Kano → Zaria

  131 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ₦8,850–11,850
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• Bauchi → Zaria

  248 km · quickest by road, 5h 19m · ₦19,750–26,350
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No local-transport research exists yet for Zaria

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zaria. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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