Goronyo

Goronyo lies on the low plains of the Rima valley in western Hausaland. Here the river spreads across broad floodplains, with channels, marshes and low terraces breaking up the surrounding flat country. The valley formed part of the land associated with Gobir, whose rulers moved their capital south into the Rima basin. In the eighteenth century Gobir became a formidable power among the Hausa kingdoms, but its capital at Alkalawa fell in 1808 during the wars that established the Sokoto Caliphate. The river country retained its importance to the communities living along it.