Kanai, Nigeria


Kanai is a district as well as a village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code of the area is 802139.

Geography

Landscape

Kanai possesses an elevation of 802m.

Climate

Kanai Mali has an average annual temperature of about, average yearly highs of about and lows of, with zero rainfalls at the ends and beginnings of the year with a yearly average precipitation of about, and an average humidity of 53.7%, similar to that of neighbouring towns Kagoro and Zonkwa.

Settlements

The following are some major settlements in Kanai district include:
  • Adidyong
  • Atabat Atanyeang
  • Atabum
  • Atak Ma-Gangkwon
  • Apyifak
  • Apyimbu
  • Ayak
  • Aza Magoni
  • Bafoi
  • Bato
  • Gan
  • Kakwa
  • Kanai Mali
  • Ma-Adangung
  • Ma-Avwuong
  • Magwafan
  • Manyii-Chendidan
  • Ma-Pama
  • Sagwaza
  • Sako
  • Sankwap
  • Sashyat
  • Sazwat
  • Sop Gandu

Demographics

The district consists primarily of the Atyap people.

Population

At the 1963 Nigerian population census, the population of the entire district was put at 8,660. On the Kaduna State government estimate for 1991, however, the population was put at 17,290.

Economy

Agriculture is the major occupation of the people, being that the area is primarily rural.

Domestic water supply

A survey carried out in 2012 in three villages in the district namely, Sankhwap, Kanai Mali, and Sagwaza, covering 88 households discovered that over half of them rely on shallow hand-dug wells and natural water bodies which are prone to drought, with only 3% of them able to harvest rainwater for usage.

Notable people