Jankasa
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|native_name = A̠shong A̠shyui
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|subdivision_name1 = Kaduna State
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|subdivision_name2 =Zangon Kataf
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|subdivision_name3 = Jei
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Ashong Ashyui (Jankasa) is a village community in Jei District of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-2336454.html |title=Jankassa, Unguwar Gaya, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria |website=mindat.org |access-date=September 24, 2020}} The postal code for the village is 802141.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nigeriapostcode.com/kaduna-zangon-kataf-jankasa-jankasa.html |title=Nigeria Postcode |access-date=September 24, 2020}}{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=2009-10-07 }} The area has an altitude of about 2,798 feet or 852 meters and a population of about 7,837.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NI/00/Jankasa.html |title=Jankasa, Nigeria page |access-date=September 24, 2020}} The nearest airport to the community is the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos.
Settlements
{{Cite web |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/233728-in-major-restructuring-el-rufai-slashes-kaduna-districts-to-pre-2001-numbers.html |title=In major restructuring, El-Rufai slashes Kaduna districts to pre-2001 numbers |first=Mohammed |last=Lere |date=June 12, 2017 |publisher=Premium Times |access-date=September 28, 2020}} Before 2017, it used to be a district of its own. However, it was later merged with Jei (Unguwar Gaya) district. Among the settlements in this district were:Achi et al (2019) p. 11{{Cite web |url=https://www.nigeriapostcode.com/search/?keyword=Jankasa&state=Kaduna |title=Jankasa, Zangon Kataf |website=Nigeria Postcode |access-date=September 28, 2020}}
- Apyia Akamm
- Apyinzwang
- Akputuut
- Ashong Ashyui
- Ashong Ashyui 1
- Ashong Ashyui 2
- Ashong Ashyui 3
- Atyecarak (Attachirak, Kacecere)
- Awak
- Makarau
- Manchong
- Manyi Aminyam
- Manyi Ashyui
- Manta Ason
- Nok Ashyui (also Magata, and Afan Tsaai)
Notable people
- Lt. Col. Musa Bityong (late), military officer
- Maj. Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd.), military officer
Note
- Achi, B.; Bitiyonɡ, Y. A.; Bunɡwon, A. D.; Baba, M. Y.; Jim, L. K. N.; Kazah-Toure, M.; Philips, J. E. "A Short History of the Atyap" (2019). Zaria: Tamaza Publishinɡ Co. Ltd. {{ISBN|978-978-54678-5-7}}. Pp. 9–245.