Dala Hill

Dalla Hill is a hill in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It is 534 metres high and contains a stairway with 999 steps to the top.In the seventh century, the hill was the site of a community that engaged in iron-working. It was called the Tsumburbura shrine from 700 CE up until the credo's collapse as a result of Islamic dominance later in the 13th century. Kano was originally known as Dala, after the hill.

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