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Village in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Jankasa A̠shong A̠shyui
Village
Jankasa is located in NigeriaJankasaJankasa
Coordinates: 09°43′N 08°28′E / 9.717°N 8.467°E / 9.717; 8.467
Country Nigeria
StateKaduna State
LGAZangon Kataf
DistrictJei
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (WAT)
ClimateAw

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.

Settlements

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

  • Apyia Akamm
  • Apyinzwang
  • Akputuut
  • Ashong Ashyui
  • Ashong Ashyui 1
  • Ashong Ashyui 2
  • Ashong Ashyui 3
  • 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. "Jankasa Map - Satellite Images of Jankasa". maplandia.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Jankassa, Unguwar Gaya, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria". mindat.org. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. "Nigeria Postcode". Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  5. "Jankasa, Nigeria page". Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  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. Achi et al (2019) p. 11
  8. "Jankasa, Zangon Kataf". Nigeria Postcode. Retrieved September 28, 2020.


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