Atuku
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Atuku is a village and a second-order administrative division in Jema'a Local Government Area, southern Kaduna State, Middle Belt, Nigeria. It is located 159.08 km from the state capital, Kaduna.{{cite web|url=https://test.distance.to/Atuku/Kaduna|title=Distance Atuku → Kaduna|work=Test Distance|access-date=August 31, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://nigeria.places-in-the-world.com/10943403-place-atuku.html|title=Atuku, Nigeria|work=Places in the World|access-date=August 31, 2024}} The postal code of the area is 801.{{Cite web |title=Post Offices - with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |access-date=August 31, 2024 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=2009-10-07}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nigeriapostcode.com/kaduna-kaura-kadarko-tukum.html|title=Tukum, Kaura - Postcode - 801113|work=NigeriaPostcode|access-date=August 31, 2024}}
Villages
Atuku ward has the following villages:{{cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-9412084.html|title=Atuku, Jema'A, Kaduna State, Nigeria|work=mindat.org|access-date=August 31, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://nigeria-streets.openalfa.com/atuku|title=Atuku (Jema'A) Street Guide and Map|website=Streets of Nigeria|access-date=August 31, 2024}}
- Akau
- Assob Barshi
- Atuku
- Bijik
- Dogon Fili
- Kato
- Mafan (Tuku Tuzi)
- Tajan Kasa
- Tafan
- Tuku Kasa
Fulani terror attacks
Atuku ward and neighboring areas of Southern Kaduna had since 2016 been invaded repeatedly in the Fulani terror attacks. The attacks are a part of the larger Southern Kaduna genocide.{{cite news|url=https://morningstarnews.org/2016/10/dangerous-area-in-kaduna-nigeria-a-virtual-ghost-town-13-more-deaths-discovered/|title=Dangerous Area in Kaduna, Nigeria a Virtual Ghost Town; 13 More Deaths Discovered|publisher=Morning Star News|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=August 31, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/10/25/kaduna-communities-sign-peace-pact/|title=Kaduna communities sign peace pact|date=October 25, 2016|publisher=PM News|access-date=August 31, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/04/04/again-bandits-kill-five-in-kaduna/|title=Again, Bandits Kill Five in Kaduna|last=Shiklam|first=John|date=April 4, 2021|location=Kaduna|access-date=August 31, 2024}}
See also
Notable people
- Samuel Atukum, military governor of Plateau State (1984-1985)