Kaura (Tyap: Watyap) is a town and a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria.

[8] The average daily maximum temperature during the 2.7-month hot season, which runs from January 29 to April 18, is above 91°F.

Kaura's average wind speed is believed to be 11 km/h, and the area receives 1000 mm of precipitation year.

[9] The people of Kaura Local Government Area are homogenous, belonging to the larger Atyap (Nienzit) Ethno-Linguistic Cluster.

There are three Nigerian traditional states headed by three Agwams (monarchs): Media related to Kaura at Wikimedia Commons