Kankiya
Kankiya na da dangantaka na musamman da masarautar katsina, a wajen kafa garin kankiya, tarihi ya nuna akwai wurare biyu, watau sabon garin kankiya da tsoho, a tsohon garin kankiya, akwai rijiyoyi guda takwas kuma akwai ramukan ɗiban farar ƙasa. A sabon birnin kankiya kuwa babu. An gina ganuwar kankiya a shekaru ɗari uku (300) da suka shuɗe.

Tarihi 
Hausawa suka fara zama a garin daga nan wasu fulani suka zauna a kudancin garin. Kanliya itace hedikwatar ƙaramar Hukumar ta, bayan zuwan turawa, sannan tana bisa hanya Katsina zuwa Kano, Nisan kimanin kilomita hamsin da shida (56) daga gari katsina zuwa kankiya. Tarihi ya nuna cewa mutanen da suka fara kafa garin Kankiya mafarauta ne, kuma fatake ne a ƙarni na sha bakwai (17th century) sannan sun fito ne daga Arewa, a ƙalla mutanen dake zaune a garin sun kai dubu ishirin da shida (26,000). Gidajen sarautar kankiya sun haɗa da gidan Gunduma da gidan Haɓe (1861) gidan fulani da suka karɓa mulki wurin hausawa (1816).

Cigaba 
An gina asibiti a garin a 1930, makarantan elementary a 1926, masallacin turawa a 1922, ɗakin shawara 1945, kurkuku 1956.

Biblio 
Tarihi, Hukumar Binciken. (1996). Danwaire : gwanki sha bara. Hukumar Binciken Tarihi da Kyautata Al'adu ta Jihar Katsina. Katsina: [Dab'in Lamp?]. ISBN 978-2105-93-7. OCLC 59226530.

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