Anka

Anka is a town in the western Hausa country, associated with the rulers of the old kingdom of Zamfara. That kingdom had earlier been centred on Dutsi and Birnin Zamfara, and its history was marked by a long rivalry with Gobir. After Gobir destroyed Birnin Zamfara in the eighteenth century, the Zamfara rulers moved their seat through several places. Their line eventually settled at Anka, where the title of Sarkin Zamfara continued. The town preserves the name and political traditions of a kingdom whose former capital had been lost.