Kafanchan

Kafanchan
Town
Kafanchan
Coordinates: 9°34′N 8°18′E / 9.567°N 8.300°E / 9.567; 8.300
Country  Nigeria
State Kaduna State
LGA Jema'a
Elevation 739 m (2,425 ft)
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Kafanchan is a town in southern Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria. It is the location of a junction station of the Nigerian Railway Corporation,[1] and it sits on the line connecting Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kafanchan, Kuru, Bauchi, and finally Maiduguri.[2] As of 2007 Kafanchan had an estimated population of 83,092.[3]

Kafanchan is dominated with the kaninkon people known as nikyop and with minor the fanstuwm. Fantsuam Foundation is located in Bayan Loco, a peri-urban slum of Kafanchan. [4]

See also

References

  1. Archibong, Maurice (2006-10-26). "Kafanchan: Rising from rot wrought by Railways' woes". Daily Sun.
  2. "NigeriaFirst.org: Revamping the Nigerian Railway". Archived from the original on 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  3. "The World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  4. "Fantsuam Foundation - About". Retrieved 2014-12-28.


Coordinates: 9°34′N 8°18′E / 9.567°N 8.300°E / 9.567; 8.300


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