Jihar Kano jiha ce da take arewa maso yammacin, kasar Najeriya. Tana da yawan fili kimanin kilomita wato arabba’in 20,131 da yawan jama’a miliyan sha ɗaya da dubu hamsin da takwas da dari uku (jimillar shekara ta 2011). Babban Birnin tarayyar jihar ita ce Kano. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje shi ne gwamnan jihar tun zaben shekara ta 2015 har zuwa yau. Wanda ya sami matakin gwamna ne a jamiyya APC. Mataimakin gwamnan shi ne Nasiru Gawuna.Aminu Ado Bayero shine Sarkin Kano daga ranar 9 ga watan maris shekara ta 2020 zuwa ga rana maikamar ta yau.Dattijan jihar sune; Aminu Kano, Maitama Sule, Sani Abacha, Murtala Mohammed, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Ibrahim Shekarau, Isyaka Rabi'u, Aliko Dangote, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Barau I Jibrin da Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya. An kafa jihar kano a shekara ta 1968. Jihar Kano tana da iyaka da misalin jihhohi huɗu, su ne: Kadu[Katsina (jiha)|Katsina, Jigawa kuma da Bauchi.Jahar kano ina mata kirari da kano ta dabo tumbin giwa koda me kazo an fika.Aminu Ado Bayero shine sarkin kano Kano ita ce tsakiyar birnin musulunci a Najeriya.