Faskari

Faskari
LGA and town
Faskari
Coordinates: 11°43′N 7°02′E / 11.717°N 7.033°E / 11.717; 7.033
Country	Nigeria
State	Katsina State
Established	1989 [1]
Government
• Chairman	Alhaji Isiyaku Ahmad
Area
• Total	1,750 km² (680 sq mi)
Population (2006 Census)
• Total	196,035
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)
3-digit postal code prefix	830
ISO 3166 code	NG.KT.FA

Faskari is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Katsina State, northern Nigeria. The population of the LGA was 125,181 as of 2003. The current Sarki (Emir) is Muhammadu Tukur Saidu, and the Executive Chairman is Alhaji Isiyaku Ahmad, a People's Democratic Party member.

Though many myths and legends relate to the emergence of Faskari, it is accepted that its origin came from famous Arab migrants Gido and Wari transient from Alkalawa (Gobir) to Zaria who came and settled among the Mafaskara (meaning the firewood choppers, people who were then into pagan practices). The town of Faskari possibly dates back to 1778. It was later built into a more civilized community by one of the descendants of Kaura Kuren Gumaru, during the reign of Muhammed Bello, the Emir of Katsina from 1844 to 1886.

Faskari became a LGA in May 1989, carved out of Funtua Local Government Area; the area is located in the south-west of Katsina state, with Faskari town as the headquarters, it is bounded by Funtua LGA to the east, Chafe LGA Zamfara State to the west, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State at the north and Sabuwa LGA to the south.

The local government area comprises two District areas, Faskari and Maruwa Districts, along with many village areas.

In the early stage of settlement in the area, the rulers came across hurdles, hardships, battles and raid for slave capture and consequently they survived all due to the existence of great worries at the early age who excelled in battle field and thus it pave way to the formation of smaller formidable kingdoms which later on developed into villages and towns, among these places where Bilbis, Yarmalamai. Tsafe, Sauri, Zagami, Ruwan Godiya, Tafoki, Daudawa, Nasarawa, Yankara, Fankama, Maigora, Mechika, Sabon Layi, Birnin Kogo and Faskari. All these were settlement that later on developed to what they are currently.

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