Chawai[2] (Hausa: Fadan Chawai) is a town east of the headquarters of the Tsam Chiefdom of the Atsam people[3] in Kauru Local Government Area in southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.

[4] It is also the centre of the Chawai district of the Tsam Chiefdom.

The Chiefdom itself and its people are often called Chawai.

The Kaduna International Airport (IATA: KAD) is 162.7 km northwest of the town, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (IATA: ABV), 180.1 km southwest of Chawai.

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