Rubutu mai gwaɓi . JRubutun tsutsaaharh Katsina jiha ce a shiyyar Arewa maso yammacin Najeriya . An ƙirkiri jihar Katsina ne a shekarar alif 1987, lokacin da ta balle daga jihar Kaduna. A yau, Jihar Katsina ta yi iyaka da Jihohin Kaduna, zamfara, Kano, da Jigawa da kuma jamhuriyar Nijar . An yi wa lakabi da "Ta Dikko dakin Kara", duka babban birnin jihar da garin Daura an bayyana su da cikin "tsofaffin kujerun al'adun Musulunci da ilmantarwa " a Najeriya. Tare da mazauna sama da 5,800,000 har ya zuwa shekarar Alif 2006, jihar Katsina ce ta biyar mafi girma a cikin ƙasar ta Nigeria,cikin yawan jama'a, duk da cewa kawai tana cikin 17 daga cikin jihohi 36 a fannin yanki. Ta fuskar yawan jama'a, Fulani sun fi kowace ƙabila yawa a jihar, kuma addinin Musulunci shi ne addinin da aka fi amfani da Shi a jihar. A shekarar Alif 2005, Katsina ta zama jiha ta biyar a Najeriya da ta yi amfani da tsarin Shari'ar Musulunci. Gwamnan jihar Katsina na yanzu shi ne Rt, Hon.