Kafanchan
Fantswam, A̱byin Fantswam | |
|---|---|
Town and LGA Headquarters | |
Clockwise from top: An aerial view of Kafanchan • Kafanchan Junction Train Station to Jos • Resting place of Agwam Fantswam I Musa Didam at Zikpak • Throneroom's Salama Radio tower at the background of the Mada River flowing westwards • A bust of Governor Patrick Yakowa at the middle of the NEPA roundabout | |
| Nickname: Kaf City | |
  Kafanchan Location of Kafanchan within Nigeria  Kafanchan Kafanchan (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 9°35′00″N 8°17′33″E / 9.58333°N 8.29250°E[1] | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Kaduna State |
| LGA | Jema'a |
| Chiefdom | Fantswam (Kafanchan) |
| Divisional headquarters, Jemaa | 1927 |
| Founded by | Fantswam people |
| Named for | People, land and dialect of founding group |
| Government | |
| • Agwam Fantswam | HRH Agwam (Dr.) Josiah Tagwai Kantiyok |
| Elevation | 742 m (2,434 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Postcode | 801 |
Kafanchan (Tyap: Fantswam; Nikyob: Manɡyanɡ) is a town located in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The town owes much of its development to the railway development in the area. The railway is situated at a particular junction of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) station built in 1927.[2] It sits on the railtrack connecting Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kafanchan, Kuru, Bauchi and finally Maiduguri.[3] As of 2007, Kafanchan had an estimated population of 83,092.[4]
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- ^ "The World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2007.