Jahar Nasarawa Sokoto

Sunan Sokoto (wanda shine sunan na zamani/kuma na turanci, daga sunan  Sakkwato ) asalin Larabci ne, yana nufin sooq, 'kasuwa'. Kuma ana kiranta da Sakkwato, Birnin Shaihu da Bello ko kuma “Sakoto, Birnin Shaihu da Bello ” (Shaihu yana nufin Sheikh Usman dan Fodio, wanda ya kafa Daular Sakkwato, da Bello dansa/magajinsa, Sultan Muhammad Bello).

 Yanayi 

Sokoto tana da yanayi mai zafi. Tana cikin busasshiyar Sahel, kewaye da yashin yankin savanah da

Tare da matsakaicin zafin shekara na kimanin  , Sokoto na daya daga cikin garuruwan da suka fi zafi a Najeriya. Kodayake, matsakaicin yanayin zafin rana gabaɗaya yana ƙasa da  mafi yawan shekara, kuma bushewar yana sa zafi yakai.

Hanyar noman amfanin gona a yankin ita ce kwararowar ruwan kogin Sokoto-Rima,  wanda ke cike da kasa mai albarka. Sauran kayan gonakin da ake nomawa a Sakkwato sun hada da gero, masara, dawa, wake watakila ya fi yawa, sai masara, shinkafa, sesame, sauran hatsi da kayan lambu kamar: albasa, tumatir, barkono, attarugu, latas, da kabeji.   Baya ga gero, Sakkwato ce kan gaba wajen noman albasa a Najeriya. Ta fuskar ciyayi, Sakkwato ta fada cikin yankin savannah. Wannan buɗaɗɗen ciyayi ce ta tse-tse mara ciyayi wacce ta dace da noman hatsi da kiwo. Ruwan sama yana farawa a makare kuma yana ƙarewa da wuri tare da matsakaicin ruwan sama na shekara tsakanin 500 mm da 1,300 mm. Akwai manyan yanayi guda biyu a Sakkwato, wato jika da bushewa. Lokacin rani yana farawa daga Oktoba, kuma yana ɗaukar har zuwa Afrilu a wasu sassa kuma yana iya ƙara zuwa Mayu ko Yuni a wasu sassa. A daya bangaren kuma lokacin damina yana farawa a yawancin sassan jihar a watan Mayu kuma yana kai har zuwa Satumba, ko Oktoba. Harmattan, busasshiyar iska, sanyi, da ƙura mai ƙura ana fuskanta a cikin jihar tsakanin Nuwamba da Fabrairu. Zafi ya fi tsanani a jihar a watan Maris da Afrilu. Amma yanayi a jihar kullum sanyi ne da safe da kuma zafi da rana, sai dai a lokacin harmattan kololuwa.

Tsarin yanayin jihar ya mamaye filin Hausa na arewacin Najeriya . Fadin qasar da ake nomawa na kogin Sokoto-Rima ya wargaza fili tare da samar da qasa mai wadatuwa da ta dace da noman amfanin gona iri-iri a jihar. Haka kuma akwai tsaunuka da tsaunuka keɓe a warwatse a duk faɗin jihar.

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