Zonzon is a district and a village community in
Zangon Kataf Local Government Area,
southern
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Kaduna state
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in the
Middle Belt
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region of
Nigeria
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.
The postal code for the area is 802138.
Settlements
[Achi et al (2019) p. 11][ The following are some major settlements in Zonzon district include:
* Apyia Babum
* Aza Akat
* Chen Akoo
* Fabwang (H. Ung. Tabo)
* Kati (H. Wawa-Rafi)
* Mabukhwu
* Makunanshyia
* Makutsatim
* Manyi Sansak
* Mashan
* Masong
* Mawuka
* Mawukili
* Sakum
* ]Taligan
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 t ...
(I, II)
* Zonzon
Demographics
The people of Zonzon district are primarily Atyap people
The Atyap people (Tyap: ''A̱tyap'', singular: ''A̱tyotyap''; Hausa exonym: ''Kataf'', ''Katab'') are an ethnic group found majorly in Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema'a Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. They speak the Ty ...
, with settlers from other parts of Nigeria in its major towns.
Notable people
* Engr. Andrew Yakubu Laah, engineer
* Atyoli Bala Achi (late), historian, writer
* Agwam Dominic Gambo Yahaya (KSM), Agwatyap III
* AVM Ishaya Aboi Shekari (rtd.), military officer
See also
* Atyap chiefdom
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.
Peopl ...
* Jei District
Jei ( Hausa: ''Unguwar Gaiya'') is district of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code for the area is 802130.
Settlements
Achi et al (2019) p. 11 The following are some ma ...
* Kanai, Nigeria
Kanai ( Hausa: ) 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.
Geography Landscape
Kanai possesses an elevation of ...
* List of villages in Kaduna State
This is a list of villages and settlements in Kaduna State, Nigeria organised by local government areas of Nigeria, local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes in Nigeria, postal codes also given).
By postal code
By elector ...
References
Populated places in Kaduna State
Atyap chiefdom
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