Zangon Kataf

Zangon Kataf MABA̱TA̱DO
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Kaduna State
Government
• A̱gwam Ba̱jju	A̱gwam Nuhu Bature A̱chi
• A̱gwatyap (A̱gwam A̱tyap)	A̱gwam Dominic Gambo KSM
• Agwom Akulu	Agwom Yohanna Sidi Kukah
• Ngbia Anghan	Ngbia Adam Alkali
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Zangon Kataf is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Zonkwa. It is also a name of a town in the Chiefdom of the Atyap.

It has an area of 2,668 km² and a population of 316,370 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 802.^[1]

People

The people predominantly belong to the Atyap Ethno-Linguistic group. These people include: the Bajju, Atyap Proper, Bakulu, Anghan and A̱tyia̱charak. There are also the Hausa settler elements and other Nigerian peoples settling among the aboriginal people.

Language

The five indigenous people found in the Local Government Area speak related dialects of a common language, Tyap. The largest of them is Jju, closely followed by Tyap Proper, then by Kulu, then by Nghan and then by Tyia̱cha̱rak. However, due to the British colonial influence, Hausa language is also widely spoken.

Cuisine

The major cultural delicacies enjoyed by the people of Zangon Kataf include:

• Ka̱ti (a liquid food made from coarse corn grains and vegetables)
• Tuk (pasta) - which can be eaten with any kind of soup one desires.

• Pork and dog meat are also well consumed in this divide of the earth.

The main non-alcoholic drinks synonymous with this region is known as ta̱bwai in the Tyap tongue (kunu in Hausa).

The region has also for long been synonymous for the brewing of the alcoholic drink known as a̱kan in Tyap and burukutu in Hausa, although it's brewing has been banned in some areas.

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