Atakligan, or Taligan (Hausa: Magamiya) is a village community in Zonzon district of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.[1] The postal code for the village is 802143.[2][3][4] The nearest airport to the community is the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos.

Geography

Landscape

Atakligan possesses an elevation of 682m.[5]

Climate

Atakligan has an average annual temperature of about 27.9 °C (82.2 °F), average yearly highs of about 32 °C (90 °F) and lows of 22 °C (72 °F), with zero rainfalls at the ends and beginnings of the year with a yearly average precipitation of about 14 mm (0.55 in), and an average humidity of 51.1%.[6]

Settlements

[7] Before 2017, it used to be a district of its own. However, it was later merged with Zonzon district.[8] Among the settlements in this district were:

  • Apyia Babum
  • Aza Akat
  • Chen Akoo
  • Makunanshyia
  • Manyi Sansak
  • Mawuka
  • Taligan (Agami) I
  • Taligan (Agami) II

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Magamiya, Unguwar Gaya, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria". mindat.org. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nigeria Postcode". Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  4. ^ "Magamiya World Postal Codes: Nigeria". World Postal Code. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Magami". geoview.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Magami Monthly Climate Averages". World Weather Online. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Lere, Mohammed (June 12, 2017). "In major restructuring, El-Rufai slashes Kaduna districts to pre-2001 numbers". Premium Times. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  8. ^ Achi et al (2019) p. 11