Sokoto, a native kingdom of West Central Africa, within territories administered now by the British Government; lies between the Soudan (N.) and the river Benuë (S.), the main affluent of the Niger; the dominant people are the Fulahs, exercising sway over various native tribes; is a country capable of much agricultural development, and has large deposits of iron. Wurno (15), the capital, is on the Gandi, 18 m. E. of the town of Sokoto.
Population (circa 1900) given as 11,000,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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