Zonzon | |
|---|---|
District and Village | |
  Zonzon | |
| Coordinates: 09°47′N08°22′E / 9.783°N 8.367°E [1] | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Kaduna State |
| LGA | Zangon Kataf |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (WAT) |
| Climate | Aw |
Zonzon is a district and a village community in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. [1] The postal code for the area is 802138. [2] [3] [4]
[5] [6] [4] The following are some major settlements in Zonzon district include:
The people of Zonzon district are primarily Atyap people, with settlers from other parts of Nigeria in its major towns.
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Zangon Kataf is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Zonkwa. It is also a name of a town in the chiefdom of the Atyap. Other towns include: Batadon (Madakiya), Chenkwon, Kamantan, Anchuna and Kamuru. It has an area of 2,579 km2 and a population of 318,991 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 802.
The Atyap people are an ethnic group found majorly in Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema'a Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. They speak the Tyap language, one of the Central Plateau languages.
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Atyap Chiefdom is a Nigerian traditional state of the Atyap people, located on the upper Kaduna River basin of the central Nigeria plateau in the Middle Belt. Its headquarters is at A̠tak Njei, Zangon Kataf, southern Kaduna state, Nigeria.
Dominic Gambo Yahaya is the current monarch of Atyap Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is also known by the title Agwatyap III.
Bala Ade Dauke Gora was the first indigenous District Head in Southern Zaria and first monarch of the Atyap Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Middle Belt (central) Nigeria. He was known by the titles Kuyan Banan Zazzau and Agwatyab I.
The genesis of the 1992 Zangon Kataf crises could at least be traced to the onset of the British imperial regime in the Northern Region of Nigeria, in which the Atyap people began reporting the loss of land to the Hausas. In 1922, it was reported that a large piece of land was acquired by the Emir of Zaria, Dalhatu Uthman Yero, who failed to compensate the indigenous population of the region. In 1966, the land was provided to the Hausa trading settlement in the heart of Mabatado, called "Zangon Kataf", by the emir, Muhammad Usman. The Atyap resided within the district, in the Zaria Province of the Northern Region of, initially, British Nigeria, which became independent Nigeria. It was to remain utilized as a marketplace, where the indigenous Atyap people were banned from trading pork and beer by the settlers.
Chenkwon is a town in Jei District of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code of the area is 802.
Kamuru is a town in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Akulu chiefdom. The postal code of the area is 802.
Ayet Atyap Annual Cultural Festival is an age-long chain of festive activities and ceremonies observed by the Atyap people of Southern Kaduna, Middle Belt Nigeria. It was traditionally carried out to usher in the farming season for the year between mid-March and mid-April and was organized by male members, the Aku clan who have already been initiated into the Abwoi cult. Of recent, the event has been shifted to December and celebrated in the Agwatyap's palace square in Atak Njei, Zangon Kataf LGA, southern Kaduna State. It is usually well attended by important guests from within and outside the state, including political and traditional leaders.
Ashong Ashyui (Jankasa) is a village community in Jei District of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code for the village is 802141. The area has an altitude of about 2,798 feet or 852 meters and a population of about 7,837. The nearest airport to the community is the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos.
Taligan (Magamiya) is a village community in Zonzon district of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code for the village is 802143. The nearest airport to the community is the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos.
Kanai is a district as well as a village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code of the area is 802139.
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