Houses in Dala, Kano

Dala is a Local Government Area (located in north-west part of the Kano metropolis) in Kano state, which is located north of Nigeria. This Local Government Area (LGA) is a densely populated area and was created in May, 1989, from the old Kano Municipal Local Government. It has its capital/headquarters located in a town/locality called Gwammaja. Dala is regarded as the largest Local Government Area in Nigeria as a whole.

Indigenes of Dala engage in economic and commercial activities or trade which include: dyeing, black smith, pot making, farming, fishing, shoe making and other commercial undertakings. One of Nigeria's unity schools, the Government Girls College, is situated in Dala. It contains Dalla Hill from which it got its name and was once the capital of the Sultanate of Kano.