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LGA of Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Zangon Kataf (Tyap: Nietcen A̱fakan) is the name of a town and a local government area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is the seat of the Agwatyap, the chief of the Atyap people. The Ayet Atyap annual cultural festival is held in the grounds of the chief's palace.
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One of the most modern palaces in Southern Kaduna, constructed in the early 2000s.
Go see the ruins of the "city" walls of the settlement believed to be the point of dispersal of the Atyap clan of Aminyam (from whom the Fantswam broke away) which migrated from the Jos-Bauchi plateau via Kallah in Adara land, to settle in their present places of aboard. Take a guide with you to show you the precise location, as the settlement is more of an abandoned one.
An ancient silk cotton tree as old as Zangon Kataf town itself (or older), which appears in the emblem of the Atyap chiefdom, having great cultural significance.
The area the first itinerant trader from Kanem-Borno, Mallam Mele, settled during the trans-Saharan trade era in the 18th century. From there, the settlement moved a little westward to present day Zangon Kataf town.
Kamuku National Park is a wildlife reserve that offers game viewing and hiking activities, with the best time to visit being from November to May.
Can attend the festival which happens at an announced date in December.
The main market in Zangon Kataf.
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If you are arriving from Kaduna, you can board a vehicle going to Samaru Kataf. When you get there, you board another going to Zangon Kataf.
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