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Tum
Village
Tum is located in Nigeria
Tum
Tum
Coordinates: 9°42′N 08°22′E / 9.700°N 8.367°E / 9.700; 8.367[1]
Country Nigeria
StateKaduna State
LGAKaura
ChiefdomKagoro (əgworok)
Government
 • əgwam ƏgworokAgwam Ufuwai Bonet (OON)
Elevation
896 m (2,940 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (WAT)
ClimateAw

Tum is a village in Kagoro chiefdom, Kaura Local Government Area[1] in southern Kaduna State in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.[2] The village uses the near by post office at Kagoro.[3]

People and language

People

Main article: Atyap people

The people of Tum are mainly ethnic Atyap, belonging to two subgroups, Atyap proper and Agworok.

Language

Main article: Tyap language

The two dialects of Tyap spoken in Tum are Tyap proper and Gworok.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Tum, Nigeria". Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tum, Kaura, Kaduna State, Nigeria". mindat.org. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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