Why visit Kafanchan
Townapedia lists 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Matsirga waterfalls.
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About Kafanchan
Kafanchan (Tyap: Fantswam; Nikyob: Manɡyanɡ) is a town located in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The town owes much of its development to the railway development in the area. The railway is situated at a particular junction of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) station built in 1927. It sits on the railtrack connecting Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kafanchan, Kuru, Bauchi and finally Maiduguri.
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Things to do1
Matsirga waterfalls
Waterfall · 1.8 km
Waterfall in Kafanchan, Nigeria
History
In the oral narrative given by the Agwam Fantswam I, reported by a writer for Sun Travels, the original home of the Fantswam (Kafanchan) people was traced to Inkil, a settlement in the eastern part of Bauchi State, 5 km from the modern city of Bauchi. The people were said to have left Inkil to settle at a riverine settlement called Bunga, and later on at Karge to the south. Having discovered that there was not enough game around Karge, being hunters, they moved across Zalan to the Jos Plateau, settling temporarily at the present abode of the Anaguta and Afizere (Jarawa) peoples, before proceeding through Rahama, Kauru and subsequently settling at Mashan in Atyap Chiefdom. A need birthed their advancement down to Magata, Kacecere, Zali (Malagum) and then to their present abode, Kafanchan, where they discovered enough games and protection from slave raiders, due to the thickly forested environment and thus chose to stay.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 63 km away.
- Kagoro 11 km east, about 11 min by car
- Kachia 49 km northwest, about 49 min by car
- Vom 57 km east, about 57 min by car
- Bukuru 67 km east, about 1 h by car
- Jos 76 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Akwanga 76 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Wamba 79 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Bokkos 83 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Photo credits
- Kafanchan train station 1, Kambai Akau, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Matsirga Waterfalls banner, Wallat Dennis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS053-E-270888 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-264779 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Water fall in Kafancha Kaduna State, Rock360, CC BY-SA 4.0
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