Middle Belt

E12366
cultural region geopolitical concept region of Nigeria

The Middle Belt is a culturally and ethnically diverse central region of Nigeria often seen as a transitional zone between the predominantly Muslim north and largely Christian south.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Middle Belt canonical 17
Middle Belt Nigeria 4
Middle Belt (Nigeria) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geopolitical concept ⓘ
region of Nigeria ⓘ
borderRegionOf largely Christian south of Nigeria ⓘ
predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria ⓘ
characteristic culturally diverse ⓘ
ethnically diverse ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
economicActivities cash crop farming ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicDiversityIncludes Eggon people ⓘ
surface form: Angas people

Atyap people ⓘ
Berom people ⓘ
Berom people ⓘ
surface form: Birom people

Eggon people ⓘ
Idoma people ⓘ
Nupe people ⓘ
surface form: Igala people

Jukun people ⓘ
Jukun people ⓘ
surface form: Mumuye people

Nupe people ⓘ
Atyap people ⓘ
surface form: Tarok people

Tiv people ⓘ
historicalContext area of frequent intercommunal conflicts ⓘ
zone of farmer–herder conflicts ⓘ
includesState Adamawa State ⓘ
Benue State ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory ⓘ
Kogi State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
Nasarawa State ⓘ
Niger State ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
knownFor high ethnic fragmentation compared to other Nigerian regions ⓘ
languageDiversity many minority languages ⓘ
languageDiversityIncludes Berom language ⓘ
Adamawa–Ubangi languages ⓘ
surface form: Idoma language

Jukun languages ⓘ
Nupe language ⓘ
Tiv language ⓘ
locatedIn central Nigeria ⓘ
majorReligions Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
notableOrganization Middle Belt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Middle Belt Forum
politicalIdentity distinct from northern Hausa–Fulani core ⓘ
distinct from southern Yoruba and Igbo regions ⓘ
politicalSignificance swing region in Nigerian politics ⓘ
religiousComposition mixed Muslim and Christian population ⓘ
role transitional zone between northern and southern Nigeria ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nigeria → containsRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasSubregion → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Central Nigeria
Middle Belt → notableOrganization → Middle Belt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt Forum
Kwara State → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
Kogi State → locatedIn → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt Nigeria
Idoma people → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt Nigeria
Nupe language → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt Nigeria
Eggon people → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
Plateau State → geographicalRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Benue State → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
Plateau languages → areSpokenIn → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt (Nigeria)
Shere Hills → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt Nigeria
Suleja → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
Idoma → culturalRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Offa → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
Edu → locatedInRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Ilorin West → geographicRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Igede people → culturalRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Ilorin South → locatedInRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Jalingo → geographicRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt (broadly construed)
Pankshin → locatedInRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Shendam → isInGeographicalRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
North Central Nigeria → alsoKnownAs → Middle Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Belt (informal)
Akwanga → region → Middle Belt ⓘ
Toto → isInRegion → Middle Belt ⓘ
Awe → region → Middle Belt ⓘ