Nasarawa State

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state in Nigeria

Nasarawa State is a centrally located state in Nigeria known for its diverse ethnic groups, agricultural activities, and proximity to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Akwanga area of Nasarawa State 1
Lafia area of Nasarawa State 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borders Benue State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory ⓘ
Kaduna State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kogi State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plateau State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
capital Lafia ⓘ
climate tropical savanna ⓘ
commonLanguage Hausa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdBy Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
surface form: General Sani Abacha
createdOn 1996-10-01 ⓘ
economicActivity crop farming ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
formedFrom Plateau State NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalRegion North Central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalZone North Central NERFINISHED ⓘ
governorTitle Governor of Nasarawa State ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 13 ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Doma Dam ⓘ
Farin Ruwa Waterfalls ⓘ
Farmer’s Day Festival ⓘ
higherInstitution College of Education Akwanga ⓘ
Federal University of Lafia ⓘ
Nasarawa State University, Keffi ⓘ
knownFor agricultural activities ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
solid mineral resources ⓘ
legislature Nasarawa State House of Assembly ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Akwanga ⓘ
Awe ⓘ
Doma ⓘ
Karu ⓘ
Keffi ⓘ
Kokona ⓘ
Lafia ⓘ
Nasarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nasarawa Eggon ⓘ
Obi ⓘ
Toto ⓘ
Wamba ⓘ
locatedNear Abuja ⓘ
majorCrop guinea corn ⓘ
maize ⓘ
rice ⓘ
yam ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Alago ⓘ
Eggon ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
Gwandara ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Tiv ⓘ
majorMineral barite ⓘ
columbite ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
tin ⓘ
nickname Home of Solid Minerals ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Abuja–Keffi–Lafia highway ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Federal Capital Territory → borderedBy → Nasarawa State ⓘ
Eggon people → geographicDistribution → Nasarawa State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akwanga area of Nasarawa State
Eggon people → geographicDistribution → Nasarawa State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lafia area of Nasarawa State
Northern Nigeria → hasState → Nasarawa State ⓘ
Middle Belt → includesState → Nasarawa State ⓘ