Kagoro

Kagoro, known locally as Gworok or Gworog, is a large town in southern Kaduna State in the Middle Belt of Nigeria, in the Kaura Local Government Area. The town is predominantly Christian and has drawn many missionaries, attracted by its cool weather and relatively high altitude; the Society of African Missions has its northern Nigeria headquarters there and the ECWA denomination runs a theological college and a school of health technology. The Gworog or Kagoro Hills nearby rise to 1,152 metres. The Gworog Chiefdom was created by the British colonial administration in 1905 as one of three independent districts in Southern Zaria province, and the people speak the Gworog language. The Afan National Festival is held every 1 January.