Kafanchan

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 is located in Nigeria
Kafanchan
Kafanchan
Location of Kafanchan within Nigeria
Kafanchan is located in Africa
Kafanchan
Kafanchan
Kafanchan (Africa)
Coordinates: 9°35′00″N 8°17′33″E / 9.58333°N 8.29250°E / 9.58333; 8.29250[1]
Country Nigeria
StateKaduna State
LGAJema'a
ChiefdomFantswam (Kafanchan)
Divisional headquarters, Jemaa1927
Founded byFantswam people
Named forPeople, land and dialect of founding group
Government
 • Agwam FantswamHRH Agwam (Dr.) Josiah Tagwai Kantiyok
Elevation
742 m (2,434 ft)
Time zoneUTC+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]

  1. ^ "Longitude, latitude, GPS coordinates of Kafanchan". GPS Latitude Longitude. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ Archibong, Maurice (26 October 2006). "Kafanchan: Rising from rot wrought by Railways' woes". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
  3. ^ "NigeriaFirst.org: Revamping the Nigerian Railway". Archived from the original on 16 December 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2007.
  4. ^ "The World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2007.