Benue State

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state in Nigeria

Benue State is a predominantly agricultural state in central Nigeria, often called the "Food Basket of the Nation" for its major role in the country’s crop production.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Benue State canonical 26
Benue State government 1
Benue State, Nigeria 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
agriculturalProduct cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
mangoes ⓘ
oranges ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sesame ⓘ
soybeans ⓘ
yam ⓘ
agriculturalSector predominantly rural ⓘ
borders Cameroon ⓘ
Cross River State ⓘ
Ebonyi State ⓘ
Enugu State ⓘ
Kogi State ⓘ
Nasarawa State ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
capital Makurdi ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Benue-Plateau State ⓘ
dateCreated 1976-02-03 ⓘ
dominantReligion Christianity ⓘ
economicActivity commercial crop farming ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
federalRepublic Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
governorTitle Governor of Benue State ⓘ
hasAirport Makurdi Airport ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 23 ⓘ
hasUniversity Benue State University ⓘ
isoCode NG-BE ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
crop production ⓘ
legislature Benue State House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Central Nigeria ⓘ
Central Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria
majorEthnicGroup Idoma ⓘ
Igede ⓘ
Tiv ⓘ
majorRiver Benue River ⓘ
namedAfter Benue River ⓘ
nickname Food Basket of the Nation ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 97 ⓘ
region Middle Belt ⓘ
slogan Food Basket of the Nation ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasState → Benue State ⓘ
Middle Belt → includesState → Benue State ⓘ
Benue River → flowsThrough → Benue State ⓘ
Benue River → namedAfter → Benue State ⓘ
Cross River State → borderedByState → Benue State ⓘ
Kogi State → createdFrom → Benue State ⓘ
Kogi State → bordersState → Benue State ⓘ
Tiv people → primaryLocation → Benue State ⓘ
Tiv people → notableState → Benue State ⓘ
Tiv language → associatedWith → Benue State ⓘ
Idoma people → primaryLocation → Benue State ⓘ
Idoma people → state → Benue State ⓘ
Jukun people → primaryLocation → Benue State ⓘ
Taraba State → borders → Benue State ⓘ
Plateau State → createdFrom → Benue State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benue-Plateau State
Plateau State → borders → Benue State ⓘ
Nasarawa State → borders → Benue State ⓘ
Makurdi → locatedIn → Benue State ⓘ
Makurdi → capitalOf → Benue State ⓘ
Makurdi → administrativeCenterOf → Benue State ⓘ
Makurdi → isRegionalCenterFor → Benue State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benue State government
Katsina Ala River → locatedIn → Benue State ⓘ
Katsina Ala River → flowsThrough → Benue State ⓘ
Central Nigeria → includes → Benue State ⓘ
Ebonyi State → borders → Benue State ⓘ
Enugu State → borders → Benue State ⓘ
Idoma language → spokenIn → Benue State ⓘ
Idoma language → isMajorLanguageOf → Benue State ⓘ
Idomoid languages → geographicDistribution → Benue State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benue State, Nigeria