What is "kafanchan"

Kafanchan is a town in southern Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria. It is the location of a junction station of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, and it sits on the line connecting Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kafanchan, Kuru, Bauchi, and finally Maiduguri. As of 2007 Kafanchan had an estimated population of 83,092.

Kafanchan is dominated with the kaninkon people known as nikyop and with minor the fanstuwm. Fantsuam Foundation is located in Bayan Loco, a peri-urban slum of Kafanchan.