Lafia

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city

Lafia is a major city in central Nigeria that serves as the administrative and economic hub of Nasarawa State.

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Label Occurrences
Lafia canonical 16

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Lafia Local Government Area ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
climateClassification Köppen Aw ⓘ
surface form: Aw (Köppen)
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroup Alago people ⓘ
Eggon people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gwandara people ⓘ
Hausa-Fulani ⓘ
geographicFeature Benue River basin region ⓘ
surface form: Benue River basin (nearby region)
governingBody Lafia Local Government Council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasFacility Nasarawa State Government Secretariat ⓘ
Nasarawa State House of Assembly complex ⓘ
hasHealthFacility Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia ⓘ
hasInfrastructure Lafia Airport (under development or small airstrip) ⓘ
hasInstitution College of Agriculture, Lafia ⓘ
Federal University of Lafia ⓘ
surface form: Federal University Lafia
hasMarket Lafia main market ⓘ
hasTraditionalRuler Emir of Lafia ⓘ
languageSpoken Alago ⓘ
Eggon ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
locatedIn Central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nasarawa State NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCrop beans ⓘ
groundnut ⓘ
guinea corn ⓘ
maize ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sesame ⓘ
yam ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 950 ⓘ
region North Central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
religiousBuilding Christian churches ⓘ
central mosques ⓘ
role administrative center of Nasarawa State ⓘ
capital of Nasarawa State ⓘ
economic hub of Nasarawa State ⓘ
stateGovernorSeat Government House of Nasarawa State ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
transportLink A3 highway (nearby/serving Nasarawa State) ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Nasarawa State → capital → Lafia ⓘ
Nasarawa State → localGovernmentArea → Lafia ⓘ
Makurdi → roadConnection → Lafia ⓘ
Central Nigeria → majorCity → Lafia ⓘ
Eggon → localGovernmentAreaInhabited → Lafia ⓘ
Nasarawa State House of Assembly → locatedIn → Lafia ⓘ
Nasarawa State House of Assembly → capitalCityOfJurisdiction → Lafia ⓘ
Keffi → connectedByRoadTo → Lafia ⓘ
Keffi → hasNearbyUrbanCenter → Lafia ⓘ
Akwanga → stateCapital → Lafia ⓘ
Doma → neighboringCity → Lafia ⓘ
Doma → roadConnectionTo → Lafia ⓘ
Abuja–Keffi–Lafia highway → connectsCity → Lafia ⓘ
Abuja–Keffi–Lafia highway → terminus → Lafia ⓘ
Farin Ruwa Waterfalls → stateCapitalNearest → Lafia ⓘ
Federal University of Lafia → locatedIn → Lafia ⓘ