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![[Northern Nigeria 1966]](../images/n/ng-rng.gif)
by Ivan Sache from [eba94], as Nothern Nigeria
(Hausas) - Republic, 1966
The flag of the proposed Hausa dominated state of 1966 as
shown in [eba94] consists of five
horizontal stripes: red, yellow, BLACK, green, and light
brown. Nations Without States describes
the 1966 flag adopted by the Hausas as five horizontal
stripes: red, yellow, INDIGO BLUE, green and khaki biege:
Ned Smith, 3 March 2001
![[Northern Nigeria, 1966]](../images/n/ng}hs.gif)
by Ivan Sache, according to
Nations without States
The Hausas are the dominant ethnic group in the North of Nigeria (40-45% of the population of the country), with Kano as Capital. In 1966, after an aborted coup, the federal