Zangon Kataf Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
local government area in Nigeria
About Zangon Kataf
Zangon Kataf is a town founded by the Atyap people circa 1767. The earlier settlement was said to have been established to accommodate the Hausa itinerary traders who began traversing the region about that time, in the days of the trans-Saharan trade and later became a very important stop point for long-distance traders from Hausaland and Kanem-Borno travelling south to today's southern Nigeria and Gonja in today's northernGhana. Its market was said to have grown into being the third largest across the area which was to later become Northern Nigeria region (1914-1967). The official name was derived from theHausa wordzango(an itinerary settlement) andKataf(the Hausa exonym for the Atyap or Tyap speaking people). Meanwhile, the unofficialTyap namewas derived fromnietcen(visitors) andA̱fakan(
Top Attractions in Zangon Kataf
Explore the best things to see and do in Zangon Kataf:
- ★Agwatyap's palace
- ★Akum Mabatado
- ★Avaak Abwuiyap
- ★Ayet Atyap annual cultural festival
- ★Kamuku National park
- ★Zangon Fatake
Zangon Kataf Travel Guide Sections
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