Kano'

Kano', capital of a province of the same name, in the Negro state of Sokoto, Central Africa, stands in the middle of the country, about 250 miles SSE. of the city of Sokoto. The province, estimated to contain 500,000 inhabitants, has from its beauty and wealth been called the 'Garden of Central Africa.' The wall which surrounds the town of Kano is 15 miles in circuit; but the wall embraces, besides houses, gardens and cultivated fields. The place is the chief town of the Haussa (q.v.) race. Pop. (according to Robinson) in 1896, 100,000.