Official Name: | Zonkwa |
Native Name: | Azunkwa |
Nickname: | Zonk City |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Nigeria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kaduna State |
Subdivision Type2: | LGA |
Subdivision Name2: | Zangon Kataf |
Subdivision Type3: | Chiefdom |
Subdivision Name3: | Bajju |
Government Type: | Elective Monarchy |
Leader Title: | Agwam Bajju |
Leader Name: | Agwam Nuhu Bature Achi |
Population As Of: | 2006 Census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +01:00 |
Coordinates: | 9.7833°N 25°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 798 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Zonkwa (Jju: A̱zunkwa) is the Zangon Kataf Local Government Area as well as the Bajju Chiefdom headquarters, in southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.[2]
Zonkwa possesses an elevation of 798m.[3]
Zonkwa has an average annual temperature of about 24.8sp=usNaNsp=us, average yearly highs of about 28.6sp=usNaNsp=us and lows of 18.8sp=usNaNsp=us, with zero rainfalls at the ends and beginnings of the year with a yearly average precipitation of about 28.1sp=usNaNsp=us, and an average humidity of 53.7%, similar to that of neighbouring towns Kagoro, Manchok, and Kafanchan.
See main article: Bajju people. The indigenous and predominant group in the town are the Bajju people. This town also serves as their headquarters.
Other groups found in significant populations include the Atyap, Igbo, Bakulu, Hausa, Yoruba, Anghan, and other Nigerian peoples.
Zonkwa is a second-order administrative division with the following 10 towns/villages:[4] [5]