Jos Plateau

E289553

geographical region plateau

Jos Plateau is a highland region in central Nigeria known for its cool climate, scenic landscapes, and rich mineral resources, especially tin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jos Plateau canonical	13
Jos Plateau area	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ plateau ⓘ
area	about 8000 km² ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall	about 1400 mm ⓘ
averageTemperature	lower than surrounding lowlands ⓘ
biodiversity	important bird area ⓘ
climate	sub-humid ⓘ temperate-like ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved	United Kingdom ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
crop	apples (experimental and small-scale) ⓘ maize ⓘ potato ⓘ vegetables ⓘ
drainage	source region for several rivers ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ cattle rearing ⓘ mining ⓘ
elevation	about 1200 m to 1400 m above sea level ⓘ
environmentalIssue	gully erosion ⓘ land degradation from mining ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jarawa ⓘ surface form: Afizere (Jarawa) Anaguta ⓘ Berom ⓘ Fulani ⓘ Hausa people ⓘ surface form: Hausa
geologicalAge	Jurassic ⓘ
geology	granitic rocks ⓘ younger granites complex ⓘ
hasCapital	Jos ⓘ
highestPoint	about 1700 m above sea level ⓘ
historicalRole	major tin mining center in colonial Nigeria ⓘ
knownFor	cool climate ⓘ rich mineral resources ⓘ scenic landscapes ⓘ tin mining ⓘ tourism ⓘ
landscapeFeature	basaltic hills ⓘ deep valleys ⓘ rock outcrops ⓘ undulating highlands ⓘ
locatedIn	Plateau State ⓘ Central Nigeria ⓘ surface form: central Nigeria
mineralResource	columbite ⓘ tin ⓘ wolframite ⓘ zircon ⓘ
namedAfter	city of Jos ⓘ
river	Gongola River ⓘ Hadejia ⓘ surface form: Hadejia River Kaduna River ⓘ
timeZone	West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ
vegetation	Guinea savanna ⓘ montane grassland patches ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Jos → locatedInGeographicRegion → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Jos → locatedOn → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Berom people → region → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Angas → belongsToLinguisticArea → Jos Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jos Plateau area

Berom → primaryCityRegion → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Afizere → isSpokenAround → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Shere Hills → partOf → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Jos, Nigeria → locatedOn → Jos Plateau ⓘ

subject surface form: Jos

Barkin Ladi → locatedOnPlateau → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Jos North → locatedOn → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Jos East → geographicRegion → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Jos East → elevationFeature → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Ngas → primaryLocation → Jos Plateau ⓘ

Ngas → historicalRegion → Jos Plateau ⓘ