# Jengre

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**Jengre** is a town in Pengana Chiefdom, Jere District, [Bassa](/source/Bassa,_Plateau_State) LGA, Plateau State, [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria).[2] It is one of the [Jere](/source/Zele_language) settlements.[3] It is located in the northern region of [Bassa](/source/Bassa,_Plateau_State) LGA, bordering Kaduna State from the north at *Kan'iyaka*. Jengre is the headquarter of Pengana Chiefdom and home to the paramount ruler of the chiefdom, Ogomo Pengana. The Ogomo palace was built in [Jere](/source/Zele_language) town of Jengre around 1952[4] and has since become the permanent residence of the chiefdom's ruler.[4]

## Communication

### Telegraph

The [Telegraph](/source/Telegraphy) line from the then-[Northern Nigeria Protectorate](/source/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate) capital, [Zungeru](/source/Zungeru), which passed through [Naraguta](/source/Naraguta) and [Rahama](/source/Rahama), reached Jengre by 1913. A local office was also constructed there, too, as well as two railway wires between Rahama and Jengre.[5]

## References

1. ["Jengre: Nigeria"](https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2801284&fid=4305&c=nigeria). *Geographical Names*. Retrieved April 26, 2025.

1. Alozie, Ezinwa (2022-10-27). ["Special Prayer for Adventist College of Nursing Sciences' Inaguration in Jengre"](https://adventist.news/news/special-prayer-for-adventist-college-of-nursing-sciences-inaguration-in-jengre). *Adventist News Network*. Retrieved 2023-08-31.

1. Blench, Roger (2021-01-01). ["Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria"](https://www.academia.edu/48907913/Introduction_to_the_Shamm%C9%94_peoples_of_Central_Nigeria)

1. Yearwood, Peter J. & Dr John, Nengel. *The Creation of the Pengana Chieftaincy on the Northern Jos Plateau, Nigeria, 1952-55*. Peter J. Yearwood, University of Papua New Guinea and Dr John Nengel, University of Jos in Nigeria. pp. 7–8.

1. [*Annual Report of the Colonies, Northern Nigeria, 1913*](https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1913_northern_nigeria/3064634_1913_northern_nigeria_opt.pdf) [XIV.—POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS.]. No. 821. December 1914. p. 19. Retrieved April 26, 2025.

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