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  1. Capital of Kano state in N Nigeria, trade
  2. centre of an irrigated area; population
  3. (1983) 487,100. Products include bicycles,
  4. glass, furniture, textiles, and chemicals.
  5. Founded about 1000 BC, Kano is a walled city,
  6. with New Kano extending beyond the walls.
  7. Goods still arrive by camel train to a market
  8. place holding 20,000 people.
  9.