What is Zaria?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Zaria |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|LGA]] and city |motto = |image_skyline = Zaria Emir's palace gate.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Gate to the palace of the [[emir of Zazzau]] |image_flag = Flag of the Zaria Emirate.svg |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Nigeria |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize= |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Nigeria}} |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Nigeria|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Kaduna State]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Emir |leader_name = Amb. Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 563 |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2006 Census |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 408,198 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = [[West Africa Time|WAT]] |utc_offset = +01:00 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|11|04|N|7|42|E|region:NG|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] |blank_info = [[Tropical savanna climate|Aw]] |website = |footnotes = }} '''Zaria''' is a major city in [[Kaduna State]] in northern [[Nigeria]], as well