[3] Gusau City is located north of a line drawn from Kebbi to Kano in Nigeria.

At any rate, the town and its surrounding areas had attracted large presence of agriculturists; farmers and livestock rearers, especially cattle owning Fulani.

Gusau and the territory assigned to Mallam Sambo Dan Ashafa falls within the metropolitan section of the caliphate.

After the consolidation of Mallam Sambo, with their Headquarters at Gusau, it had under it the territories of Wonaka, Mada, Yandoto, Samri, Magami, Marabu, Mareri, Mutumji, Kwaren Ganuwa, Wanke and a group of villages around Gusau, like other parts of the caliphate.

Gusau like other parts of the Caliphate send a share of its revenue to the Sultan Of Sokoto.

The Emir of Gusau is Alh Ibrahim Muhammad Bello Sarkin Katsinan Gusau who was crowned after the death of Alh Kabir Muhammad Danbaba by the former Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar in 2015.

The greatest time of year to visit Gusau for hot-weather activities, according to the beach/pool score, is from late October to mid-March.