The population of the city of Kano in Nigeria is estimated at 699,900 according to Quid 1996 (1995, 1267). According to the dictionary of proper names Le Petit Robert : Dictionnaire illustré des noms propres, the city of Kano is predominently Muslim (1994, 1107). For further information on the city of Kano and map of the city and the Sabon Gari neighborhood, please consult the additional attached documents.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Frémy, Dominique and Michèle Frémy. 1995. Quid 1996. Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont.

Le Petit Robert : Dictionnaire illustré des noms propres. 1994. Edited by Alain Rey. Paris: Dictionnaire le Robert.

Frémy, Dominique and Michèle Frémy. 1995. Quid 1996. Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, p. 1267.

The New Encyclop(dia Britannica. 1989. 15th ed. Vol. 6. Edited by Philip W. Goetz. Chicago: Encyclop(dia Britannica, p. 721.

Newton, Alex and David Else. 1995. West Africa: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, pp. 741-49.

Le Petit Robert : Dictionnaire illustré des noms propres. 1994. Edited by Alain Rey. Paris: Dictionnaire le Robert, p. 1107.