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Jankasa

Jankasa

Village in Kaduna State, Nigeria

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.[2] The postal code for the village is 802141.[3][4] The area has an altitude of about 2,798 feet or 852 meters and a population of about 7,837.[5] The nearest airport to the community is the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos.

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Settlements

[6] Before 2017, it used to be a district of its own. However, it was later merged with Jei (Unguwar Gaya) district.[2] Among the settlements in this district were:[7][8]

  • Apyia Gbaza
  • Apyinzwang
  • Akputuut
  • Ashong Ashyui
  • Atyecarak (Attachirak, Kacecere)
  • Awak
  • Makarau
  • Manchong
  • Manyi Aminyam
  • Manyi Ashyui
  • Manta Ason
  • Nok Ashyui (also Magata, and Afan Tsaai)

Notable people

Note

  • Achi, B.; Bitiyonɡ, Y. A.; Bunɡwon, A. D.; Baba, M. Y.; Jim, L. K. N.; Kazah-Toure, M.; Philips, J. E. "A Short History of the Atyap" (2019). Zaria: Tamaza Publishinɡ Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-978-54678-5-7. Pp. 9–245.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Jankasa Map - Satellite Images of Jankasa". maplandia.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Jankassa, Unguwar Gaya, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria". mindat.org. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Nigeria Postcode". Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  5. [5]
    "Jankasa, Nigeria page". Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. [6]
    Lere, Mohammed (June 12, 2017). "In major restructuring, El-Rufai slashes Kaduna districts to pre-2001 numbers". Premium Times. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  7. [7]
    Achi et al (2019) p. 11
  8. [8]
    "Jankasa, Zangon Kataf". Nigeria Postcode. Retrieved September 28, 2020.


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