Kafancan: Gari ne a jihar Kaduna, Nigeria

Mafiya yawancin mazauna garin mabiya addinin Kirista ne. Akwai mahaɗa da kuma babbar tashar jirgin ƙasa wadda ta haɗa Fatakwal, Inugu, Kafancan, Kuru Bauchi har zuwa Maiduguri. a Shekara ta 2007 a kidayar mutanen Kafancan ya kai mutane kimanin 83,092.

Kafancan
Fantswam (kcg)
Wuri
9°35′00″N 8°17′33″E / 9.5833°N 8.2925°E / 9.5833; 8.2925
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Najeriya
Jiha	Jihar Kaduna
Ƙaramar hukuma a Nijeriya	Jema'a
Yawan mutane
Faɗi	83,092 (2007)
Labarin ƙasa
Altitude (en)	739 m
Tsarin Siyasa
• Shugaban ƙasa	Josiah Tagwai Kantiyok (en)
Bayanan Tuntuɓa
Lambar aika saƙo	801
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci	UTC+01:00

James (2000) ya tabbatar da cewa ’yan asalin garin Kafanchan da kewaye, ’yan kabilar Fantswam (masu yaren Tyap ), sun ƙara “ kwa ” ga duk sunayen mutane da wurare, don haka, kalmar, “kwa Fantswam ". Duk da haka, al'ummar Hausawa baƙi waɗanda suka yi mu'amala da su sun fi dacewa da furta kalmar, kwa-Fantswam, kamar yadda Kafanchan .

Garin ya ci gaba ne sakamakon ayyukan kasuwanci na Turawan mulkin mallaka na Birtaniyya, watau garin mahadar layin dogo a farkon karni na 20. Wannan hujja ta sake kawo wani ikirari na yadda sunan Kafanchan ya samu. An ce sunan ya samo asali ne a lokacin da ake aikin gina layin dogo a Najeriya a shekarun 1920, lokacin da ake shimfida layin dogo, da harshen Hausa farar fata kan ce “ kafachan ” ma’ana “kafa can” wato “saka kafarka a can”. sannan sai a sanya sandar giciye bayan ma'aikacin ya fadada kafarsa, yana tura kafar gaba. Saboda haka, sunan Kafanchan . Bayanan da ke sama, da alama karya ce, domin AJN Tremearne ya ambaci sunan "Kafanchan" a cikin bayanansa da aka buga a 1912, sama da shekaru goma kafin fara aikin layin dogo a yankin.

Bugu da kari, ya kalli yada kalmar a matsayin wani aiki na hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya. Harold D. Gunn, marubucin mulkin mallaka, an kuma bayyana cewa ya fassara harafin a matsayin “Kabanchan” don haka ya ba wa kungiyoyi sunaye ta hanyar amfani da kalmomin da ba na asali ba a shafi na 80-81 na littafinsa na Pagan Peoples of the Central Area of Northern Nigeria., irin su Kaje, Kagoro da Kaninkon maimakon Bajju, Agworok da Nikyob.

Bugu da kari, ya kalli yada kalmar a matsayin wani aiki na hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya. Harold D. Gunn, marubucin mulkin mallaka, an kuma bayyana cewa ya fassara harafin a matsayin “Kabanchan” don haka ya ba wa kungiyoyi sunaye ta hanyar amfani da kalmomin da ba na asali ba a shafi na 80-81 na littafinsa na Pagan Peoples of the Central Area of Northern Nigeria., irin su Kaje, Kagoro da Kaninkon maimakon Bajju, Agworok da Nikyob.

A cikin labarin baka da Agwam Fantswam I, wanda marubucin jaridar Sun Travels ya ruwaito, asalin gidan mutanen Fantswam (Kafanchan) ya kasance Inkil, wani ƙauye a gabashin jihar Bauchi, 5. km daga garin Bauchi na zamani . An ce mutanen sun taso ne daga Inkil sun sauka a wani matsugunin kogi da ake kira Bunga, daga baya kuma a Karge da ke kudu. Bayan sun gano cewa babu wadataccen wasa a kusa da Karge, kasancewar mafarauta ne, sai suka zarce Zalan zuwa Filaton Jos, suka zauna na wani dan lokaci a gidan da mutanen Anaguta da Afizere (Jarawa) suke yanzu, kafin su wuce ta Rahama, Kauru sannan suka sauka a Mashan. in Atyap Chiefdom . Wata bukata ce ta haifar da ci gabansu har zuwa Magata, Kacecere, Zali (Malagum), sannan kuma zuwa mazauninsu na yanzu, Kafanchan, inda suka gano isassun wasanni da kariya daga barayin bayi, saboda yanayin dazuzzuka masu kauri da haka suka zabi zama.