Funtua

Funtua

Funtua is a town in Katsina State, Nigeria located at approximately coord|11|32|N|07|19|E|region:NG_type:city(162888)|display=inline,title.cite web |url= http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NI/0/Funtua.html |title= Funtua, Nigeria| accessdate=2007-02-03| work=fallingrain.com|publisher=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc] Funtua is also the seat of the Funtua Local Government Area, which covers an area of 448 km² and has a population of roughly 162,888.cite web |url= http://www.nigeriacongress.org/fgn/administrative/lgadetails.asp?lg=Funtua |title= Funtua|accessdate=2007-02-03 |work= nigeriancongress.com|publisher=Nigerian Congress]

The source of the Sokoto River is located near Funtua. [Cite web | title = Sokoto River | work = Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc | url = http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9068547 | accessdate = 2007-09-14] Lawal Ibrahim Funtua, a People's Democratic Party member, is the representative to the House of Representatives for the Funtua/Dandume constituency.cite web |url= http://www.nigeriacongress.org/reps/repsdetails.asp?id=259 |title= Lawal Ibrahim Funtua |accessdate=2007-02-03 |work= nigeriacongress.org|publisher=Nigerian Congress]

Funtua received international attention in 2002 when Khadi Abdullahi of the Funtua Sharia Court sentenced Amina Lawal to death by stoning for bearing a child out of wedlock.cite news |title=NewsAlert|url= http://www.gvnews.net/html/DailyNews/alert2055.html |work= gvnews.net|publisher= Globalvision News Network|accessdate=2007-02-03 ]

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