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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarava_%C5%9Ftat%C4%B1" title="Nasarava ştatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Nasarava ştatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ناساراوا ایالتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ناساراوا ایالتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa_Chiu" title="Nasarawa Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Nasarawa Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B0" title="Насарауа – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Насарауа" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estat_de_Nasarawa" title="Estat de Nasarawa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estat de Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa_State" title="Nasarawa State – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Nasarawa State" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa_osariik" title="Nasarawa osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Nasarawa osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Nasawara" title="Estado de Nasawara – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estado de Nasawara" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctato_Nasarava" title="Ŝtato Nasarava – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtato Nasarava" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7" title="ایالت ناساراوا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت ناساراوا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Nasarawa" title="Estado de Nasarawa – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estado de Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-guw mw-list-item"><a href="https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayimat%E1%BA%B9n_Nasarawa_T%E1%BB%8Dn" title="Ayimatẹn Nasarawa Tọn – Gun" lang="guw" hreflang="guw" data-title="Ayimatẹn Nasarawa Tọn" data-language-autonym="Gungbe" data-language-local-name="Gun" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gungbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%98%EC%82%AC%EB%9D%BC%EC%99%80%EC%A3%BC" title="나사라와주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="나사라와주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa" title="Nasarawa – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="नासरवा राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नासरवा राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%AEra_Nasarawa" title="Ȯra Nasarawa – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ȯra Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ნასარავის შტატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნასარავის შტატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimbo_la_Nasarawa" title="Jimbo la Nasarawa – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Jimbo la Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Насарава (штат) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Насарава (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa_%C3%A1llam" title="Nasarawa állam – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nasarawa állam" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa_State" title="Nasarawa State – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Nasarawa State" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Naijá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AF%E5%B7%9E" title="ナサラワ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ナサラワ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa_(Bundesstoot)" title="Nasarawa (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Nasarawa (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa" title="Nasarawa – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarawa" title="Nassarawa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassaraua_(estado)" title="Nassaraua (estado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Nassaraua (estado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statul_Nassarawa" title="Statul Nassarawa – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Statul Nassarawa" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Насарава – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Насарава" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BA_(%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80)" title="නසරවා ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව) – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="නසරවා ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව)" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa_State" title="Nasarawa State – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Nasarawa State" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Насарава – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Насарава" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa" title="Nasarawa – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasarawa" title="Nasarawa – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Nasarawa" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Nasarawa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nasarawa_State.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Nasarawa"><img alt="Flag of Nasarawa State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Nasarawa_State.png/100px-Flag_of_Nasarawa_State.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Nasarawa_State.png/150px-Flag_of_Nasarawa_State.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Nasarawa_State.png/200px-Flag_of_Nasarawa_State.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="534" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Nasarawa_State.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Nasarawa"><img alt="Seal of Nasarawa State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Seal_of_Nasarawa_State.svg/100px-Seal_of_Nasarawa_State.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Seal_of_Nasarawa_State.svg/150px-Seal_of_Nasarawa_State.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Seal_of_Nasarawa_State.svg/200px-Seal_of_Nasarawa_State.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="638" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state nicknames">Home of Solid Minerals</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_-_Nasarawa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Nasarawa State in Nigeria"><img alt="Location of Nasarawa State in Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Nigeria_-_Nasarawa.svg/250px-Nigeria_-_Nasarawa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Nigeria_-_Nasarawa.svg/375px-Nigeria_-_Nasarawa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Nigeria_-_Nasarawa.svg/500px-Nigeria_-_Nasarawa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Nasarawa State in Nigeria</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nasarawa_State&params=8_32_N_8_18_E_region:NG_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">8°32′N</span> <span class="longitude">8°18′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">8.533°N 8.300°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">8.533; 8.300</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_date_of_statehood" title="List of Nigerian states by date of statehood">Date created</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1 October 1996</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state capitals">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lafia" title="Lafia">Lafia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Government of Nasarawa State</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_governors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state governors">Governor</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdullahi_Sule" title="Abdullahi Sule">Abdullahi Sule</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span class="nowrap">Deputy Governor</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Emmanuel Akabe (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nasarawa_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Nasarawa State House of Assembly">Nasarawa State House of Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nasarawa_North_Senatorial_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasarawa North Senatorial District">N</a>: <a href="/wiki/Godiya_Akwashiki" title="Godiya Akwashiki">Godiya Akwashiki</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party" title="Social Democratic Party">SDP</a>)</span><br /> <p><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nasarawa_South_Senatorial_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasarawa South Senatorial District">S</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammed_Ogoshi_Onawo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo (page does not exist)">Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</span><br /> </p> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nasarawa_West_Senatorial_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasarawa West Senatorial District">W</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_Aliyu_Wadada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed Aliyu Wadada (page does not exist)">Ahmed Aliyu Wadada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party" title="Social Democratic Party">SDP</a>)</span><br /></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">Representatives</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Nasarawa#9th_Assembly_(2019–2023)" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Nasarawa">List</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">26,256 km<sup>2</sup> (10,137 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2006)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,869,377<sup id="cite_ref-PHC_Tables_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHC_Tables-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022-03-21)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,886,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">30</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">GDP (PPP)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">2021</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$12.01 billion<sup id="cite_ref-C-GIDD_GDP_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">30th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$4,099<sup id="cite_ref-C-GIDD_GDP_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">17th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (WAT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">962101</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">NG-NA</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.549<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#900">low</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">23rd of 37</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nasarawastate.gov.ng/">www<wbr />.nasarawastate<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ng</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nasarawa State</b> is a <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/North_Central_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="North Central Nigeria">North Central</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, bordered to the east by the states of <a href="/wiki/Taraba_State" title="Taraba State">Taraba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau</a>, to the north by <a href="/wiki/Kaduna_State" title="Kaduna State">Kaduna State</a>, to the south by the states of <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kogi_State" title="Kogi State">Kogi</a>, and to the west by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Capital_Territory_(Nigeria)" title="Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)">Federal Capital Territory</a>. Named for the historic <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_Emirate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nasarawa Emirate (page does not exist)">Nasarawa Emirate</a>, the state was formed from the west of <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a> on 1 October 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-Creation_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Creation-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state has thirteen <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">local government areas</a> and its capital is <a href="/wiki/Lafia" title="Lafia">Lafia</a>, located in the east of the state, while a key economic centre of the state is the <a href="/wiki/Karu_Urban_Area" title="Karu Urban Area">Karu Urban Area</a>—suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a>—along the western border with the FCT.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 36 <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">states of Nigeria</a>, Nasarawa is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_area" title="List of Nigerian states by area">fifteenth largest in area</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">second least populous</a> with an estimated population of about 2.5 million as of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geographically, the state is mostly within the <a href="/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_grasslands,_savannas,_and_shrublands" title="Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands">tropical</a> <a href="/wiki/Guinean_forest%E2%80%93savanna_mosaic" title="Guinean forest–savanna mosaic">Guinean forest–savanna mosaic</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Nigeria" title="List of ecoregions in Nigeria">ecoregion</a>. Important geographic features include the <a href="/wiki/River_Benue" class="mw-redirect" title="River Benue">River Benue</a> forming much of Nasarawa State's southern borders and the state's far northeast containing a small part of the <a href="/wiki/Jos_Plateau" title="Jos Plateau">Jos Plateau</a>. </p><p>Nasarawa State is inhabited by various ethnic groups, including the <a href="/wiki/Koro_Wachi_language" title="Koro Wachi language">Koro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nyankpa_language" title="Nyankpa language">Yeskwa</a> in the far northwest; the <a href="/wiki/Kofyar_people" title="Kofyar people">Kofyar</a> in the far northeast; the <a href="/wiki/Eggon_language" title="Eggon language">Eggon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwandara_language" title="Gwandara language">Gwandara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mada_language" title="Mada language">Mada</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Buh_language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buh language (page does not exist)">Buh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ninzo_people" title="Ninzo people">Ninzo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nungu_language" title="Nungu language">Nungu</a> in the north; the <a href="/wiki/Alago_language" title="Alago language">Alago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goemai_language" title="Goemai language">Goemai</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jili_language" title="Jili language">Megili</a> in the east; <a href="/wiki/Eloyi_people" title="Eloyi people">Eloyi</a> (Ajiri/Afo) in the south; the <a href="/wiki/Tiv_people" title="Tiv people">Tiv</a> in the southeast; the <a href="/wiki/Idoma_people" title="Idoma people">Idoma</a> in southwest; and the <a href="/wiki/Gade_language" title="Gade language">Gade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gbagyi_people" title="Gbagyi people">Gbagyi</a> in the west while the <a href="/wiki/Hausa_people" title="Hausa people">Hausa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fula_people" title="Fula people">Fulani</a> live throughout the state. Nasarawa is also religiously diverse with large followers of both Islam and Christianity while followers of Traditional or Native Religions have declined over the years due to convertions to the two Abrahamic religions. </p><p>In the pre-colonial period, the area that is now Nasarawa State was split up between various states with some states being tiny and village-based as others were part of larger empires until the early 1800s when the <a href="/wiki/Fulani_jihad" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulani jihad">Fulani jihad</a> annexed the region and placed the area under the <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_Caliphate" title="Sokoto Caliphate">Sokoto Caliphate</a> as the vassal states of Keffi, Lafia, and Nassarawa. In the 1890s and 1900s, British expeditions occupied the area and incorporated it into the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Northern Nigeria Protectorate">Northern Nigeria Protectorate</a>. The protectorate later merged into <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a> in 1914 before becoming independent as <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> in 1960. Originally, modern-day Nasarawa State was a part of the post-independence <a href="/wiki/Northern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Northern Region, Nigeria">Northern Region</a> until 1967 when the region was split and the area became part of the <a href="/wiki/Benue-Plateau_State" title="Benue-Plateau State">Benue-Plateau State</a>. After Benue-Plateau was split in 1976, what is now Nasarawa State became a part of the new <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a> until 1996 when western Plateau was broken off to form the new Nasarawa State.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Economically, Nasarawa State is largely based around <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, mainly of <a href="/wiki/Sesame" title="Sesame">sesame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soybeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Soybeans">soybeans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peanut" title="Peanut">groundnut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millet" title="Millet">millet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)" title="Yam (vegetable)">yam</a> crops. Other key industries are services, especially in urban areas, and the <a href="/wiki/Herding" title="Herding">livestock herding</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ranching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranching">ranching</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goats" class="mw-redirect" title="Goats">goats</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a>. The state has been beset by violence at various points throughout its history, most notably the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Herder%E2%80%93farmer_conflicts_in_Nigeria" title="Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria">conflict between herders and farmers</a> primarily over land rights.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the conflict, Nasarawa has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index#2019" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">nineteenth highest</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> in the country and numerous institutions of tertiary education.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nasarawa_2017_Mascot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Nasarawa_2017_Mascot.jpg/220px-Nasarawa_2017_Mascot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Nasarawa_2017_Mascot.jpg/330px-Nasarawa_2017_Mascot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Nasarawa_2017_Mascot.jpg/440px-Nasarawa_2017_Mascot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>Nasarawa Mascot</figcaption></figure> <p>Nasarawa was established on 1 October 1996 by the <a href="/wiki/Sani_Abacha" title="Sani Abacha">Abacha</a> government, splitting it from the western part of the today neighboring <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a> which previously had contained both their territories.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nasarawa has a Tropical wet and dry or <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savanna climate</a>. The city's yearly temperature is 29.39 °C (84.9 °F) and it is -0.07% lower than Nigeria's averages. Nasarawa typically receives about 136.71 <a href="/wiki/Millimetre" title="Millimetre">millimeters</a> (5.38 inches) of <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> and has 155.37 rainy days (42.57% of the time) annually.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Nasarawa, the dry season is humid and partially <a href="/wiki/Cloud" title="Cloud">cloudy</a>, and it is hot all year long. The wet season is oppressive and overcast. The average annual temperature ranges from 63 to 95 degrees <a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit" title="Fahrenheit">Fahrenheit</a>, rarely falling below 57 or rising above 101.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 29 January to 14 April, the hot season, with an average daily high <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> exceeding 93 °F, lasts for 2.5 months. Nasarawa's <a href="/wiki/Hottest" class="mw-redirect" title="Hottest">hottest</a> month of the year is March, with an average high temperature of 95 °F and low temperature of 74 °F.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 3.7-month cool season, which runs from 22 June to 13 October, has an average daily maximum temperature of less than 85 °F. Nasarawa experiences its <a href="/wiki/Cold" title="Cold">coldest</a> month of the year in December, with average lows of 64 °F and highs of 89 °F.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nasarawa State is bounded to the north by <a href="/wiki/Kaduna_State" title="Kaduna State">Kaduna State</a> for 169 km (105 miles), to the east by the states of <a href="/wiki/Taraba_State" title="Taraba State">Taraba</a> for 109 km and <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau</a> for 219 km (136 miles), to the south by the states of <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue</a> for 231 km, (mostly across the Benue River) and <a href="/wiki/Kogi_State" title="Kogi State">Kogi</a> across the Benue River for 83 km, and to the west by <a href="/wiki/Kogi_State" title="Kogi State">Kogi</a> for 68 km and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Capital_Territory_(Nigeria)" title="Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)">Federal Capital Territory</a> for 156 km. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nasarawa has a network of roads within the state, which link all rural areas and major towns. </p><p>Federal Highways are </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A3_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A3 highway (Nigeria)">A3</a> north from <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue State</a> near Yerewata as the Makurdi-Jos Rd via <a href="/wiki/Lafia" title="Lafia">Lafia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wamba,_Nigeria" title="Wamba, Nigeria">Wamba</a> to <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a> at Barimaw,</li> <li>A234 east from <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a> as the Keffi-Akwanga Rd via <a href="/wiki/Keffi" title="Keffi">Keffi</a> and Garaku to A3 at <a href="/wiki/Akwanga" title="Akwanga">Akwanga</a>.</li></ul> <p>Other major highways are </p> <ul><li>the Lafia-Shandam Rd east to <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a> at Ungwan Mai Samari,</li> <li>the Doma-Lafia Rd,</li> <li>the Loko-Nassarawa Rd north from <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue State</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Benue_River" title="Benue River">Benue River</a> at Loko by the 1835 m Loko-Oweto Bridge (2022),</li> <li>from the Abaji-Toto Rd to Nasarawa, * the Nasarawa-Keffi Rd.</li></ul> <p>Railways: </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Railway_Corporation" title="Nigerian Railway Corporation">Nigerian Railway Corporation</a> (NRC) operates train services with the 1067 mm Cape gauge Eastern Line north from <a href="/wiki/Makurdi" title="Makurdi">Makurdi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue State</a> via <a href="/wiki/Lafia" title="Lafia">Lafia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kafanchan" title="Kafanchan">Kafanchan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a>. </p><p>Airports: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lafia_Cargo_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lafia Cargo Airport (page does not exist)">Lafia Cargo Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nasarawa State had a total population of 1,869,377 residents as of 2006, making the state the second least populated state in Nigeria after <a href="/wiki/Bayelsa_State" title="Bayelsa State">Bayelsa State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air_Pollution">Air Pollution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Air Pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Particulate matter, a dangerous air pollutant that can lead to bronchitis, asthma attacks, and other serious lung conditions due to chemical interactions in the environment, poses a threat to Nasarawa.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nasarawa_State" title="List of governors of Nasarawa State">list of governors of Nasarawa State</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nasarawa_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nasarawa State">Governor of Nasarawa State</a> is the regional executive of Nasarawa. The state legislature, <a href="/wiki/Nasarawa_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Nasarawa State House of Assembly">Nasarawa State House of Assembly</a>, is located in the capital of Lafia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Government_Areas">Local Government Areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Local Government Areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Nasarawa_State" title="List of villages in Nasarawa State">List of villages in Nasarawa State</a></div> <p>The State has three National Senatorial Districts, the South, North and West. </p><p>Nasarawa State consists of 13 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">Local Government Areas</a> (shown with 2006 population figures<sup id="cite_ref-nigerianstat-pop_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nigerianstat-pop-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>): </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Nasarawa West Senatorial District</th> <th>716,802 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karu,_Nasarawa_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Karu, Nasarawa State">Karu</a></td> <td>205,477 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Keffi" title="Keffi">Keffi</a></td> <td>92,664 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kokona" title="Kokona">Kokona</a></td> <td>109,749 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nasarawa,_Nasarawa_State" title="Nasarawa, Nasarawa State">Nasarawa</a></td> <td>189,835 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toto,_Nigeria" title="Toto, Nigeria">Toto</a></td> <td>119,077 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Nasarawa North Senatorial District</th> <th>335,453 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akwanga" title="Akwanga">Akwanga</a></td> <td>113,430 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Egon,_Nigeria" title="Egon, Nigeria">Eggon</a></td> <td>149,129 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wamba,_Nigeria" title="Wamba, Nigeria">Wamba</a></td> <td>72,894 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Nasarawa South Senatorial District</th> <th>811,020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Awe,_Nigeria" title="Awe, Nigeria">Awe</a></td> <td>112,574 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doma,_Nigeria" title="Doma, Nigeria">Doma</a></td> <td>139,607 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Keana" title="Keana">Keana</a></td> <td>79,253 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lafia" title="Lafia">Lafia</a></td> <td>330,712 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obi,_Nasarawa_State" title="Obi, Nasarawa State">Obi</a></td> <td>148,874 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>List of current Local Government Area Chairmen.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages">Languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Languages of Nasarawa State listed by LGA:<sup id="cite_ref-e22_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e22-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>LGA</th> <th>Languages </th></tr> <tr> <td>Akwanga</td> <td>Mada;<a href="/wiki/Eggon_language" title="Eggon language">Eggon</a>; <a href="/wiki/Gwandara_language" title="Gwandara language">Fulani</a>; Hausa; <a href="/wiki/Ninzo_language" title="Ninzo language">Ninzo</a>; <a href="/wiki/Gbantu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Gbantu language">Numana</a>; </td></tr> <tr> <td>Awe</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hausa_language" title="Hausa language">Hausa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fula_language" title="Fula language">Fulani</a>; Gwandara; Eggon; <a href="/wiki/Goemai_language" title="Goemai language">Goemai</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jili_language" title="Jili language">Lijili</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tiv_language" title="Tiv language">Tiv</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wapan_language" title="Wapan language">Wapan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Doma</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alago_language" title="Alago language">Alago</a>; Eggon; Tiv; Agatu; </td></tr> <tr> <td>keffi </td> <td>Hausa; Fulani; : Mada <a href="/wiki/Gade_language" title="Gade language">Gade</a>Eggon;<a href="/wiki/Gwari_language" title="Gwari language">Gbagyi</a>; Gwandara; <a href="/wiki/Koro_Wachi_language" title="Koro Wachi language">Koro Wachi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karu</td> <td>Gbagyi; Mada; Gwandara; Gade </td></tr> <tr> <td>Keana</td> <td>Alago; <a href="/wiki/Gwandara_language" title="Gwandara language">Gwandara</a> Tiv; Fulani Hausa </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kokona</td> <td>Gwandara; Mada; Afo; Eggon; Ninzo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lafia</td> <td>Bare-Bari; Hausa; Fulani; Ake; Mada: Alago; Agatu; Eggon; Goemai; Gwandara; <a href="/wiki/Kofyar_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kofyar language">Kofyar</a>; Lijili; Tiv; <a href="/wiki/Wapan_language" title="Wapan language">Wapan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nasarawa</td> <td>Hausa; Fulani; Mada; <a href="/wiki/Agatu_language" title="Agatu language">Agatu</a>; Alago; Basa; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Egbura_language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Egbura language (page does not exist)">Egbira</a>; <a href="/wiki/Eloyi_language" title="Eloyi language">Eloyi</a>; <a href="/wiki/Gade_language" title="Gade language">Gade</a>; Gbagyi; Gwandara; Eggon; Tiv </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nasarawa-Eggon</td> <td>Eggon; Mada; Fulani; Hausa </td></tr> <tr> <td>Obi</td> <td>Alago; Migili; Eggon; Tiv;Gwandara </td></tr> <tr> <td>Toto</td> <td>Egbura Agatu; Eggon; <a href="/wiki/Gade_language" title="Gade language">Gade</a>; Fulani; Mada;Hausa; Gbagyi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wamba</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alumu-Tesu" class="mw-redirect" title="Alumu-Tesu">Alumu-Tesu</a>;Ninzo: Mada; Rindre, Buh,; Eggon; Hausa; Fulani; Kantana; Nungu; Toro </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In Nasarawa State, there are 25 different ethnic groups. The major ones are Miligi (Koro), Alago, Mada, Gwandara, Kanuri, Hausa, Fulani, Gbagyi, Rindre,Buh, Afo, Eggon and Ebira<sup id="cite_ref-premiumtimesng.com_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premiumtimesng.com-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dominant religions in Nasarawa State are Islam and Christianity, although a certain amount of traditional religion is still practised.<sup id="cite_ref-premiumtimesng.com_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premiumtimesng.com-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Emir of Lafia, <a href="/wiki/Sidi_Bage" title="Sidi Bage">Sidi Dauda Bage</a>, is the head of the <a href="/wiki/Tijaniyyah" title="Tijaniyyah">Tijaniyya Sufi Order</a>, and the 3rd highest Muslim leader in Nigeria.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>About 11% Roman Catholic with 296,087 followers (2021) in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Lafia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diocese of Lafia (page does not exist)">Diocese of Lafia</a> (2000) with 15 parishes under <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop_David_Ajang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bishop David Ajang (page does not exist)">Bishop David Ajang</a> (2021), a suffragan of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Abuja" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Abuja">Archdiocese of Abuja</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Lafia" title="Anglican Diocese of Lafia">Anglican Diocese of Lafia</a> (1999) led by <a href="/wiki/Godwin_Adeyi_Robinson" title="Godwin Adeyi Robinson">Bishop Godwin Adeyi Robinson</a> (2017), is part of the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Abuja" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja">Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja</a> within <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Nigeria" title="Church of Nigeria">the Church of Nigeria</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Concrete-block_factory,_Nassarawa_state.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Concrete-block_factory%2C_Nassarawa_state.jpg/220px-Concrete-block_factory%2C_Nassarawa_state.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Concrete-block_factory%2C_Nassarawa_state.jpg/330px-Concrete-block_factory%2C_Nassarawa_state.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Concrete-block_factory%2C_Nassarawa_state.jpg/440px-Concrete-block_factory%2C_Nassarawa_state.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1804" data-file-height="948" /></a><figcaption>Concrete block factory in Nasarawa State.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> is the mainstay of Nasarawa State's <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a> with the production of a variety of <a href="/wiki/Cash_crop" title="Cash crop">cash crops</a> throughout the year. It also contains various <a href="/wiki/Minerals" class="mw-redirect" title="Minerals">minerals</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baryte" title="Baryte">baryte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bauxite" title="Bauxite">bauxite</a>, which are mostly mined by artisanal <a href="/wiki/Miner" title="Miner">miners</a>. These mineral resources are also found in Nasarawa State: Coal, Dolomite/Marble, coal, Sapphire, Talc, Quartz, Tantalite, Tourmaline, Mica, Chalcopyrite, Clay, Cassirite, Iron-Ore, Columbite, Galena and Feldspar<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Administrative_block,_FedPolyNas_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Administrative_block%2C_FedPolyNas_2.jpg/220px-Administrative_block%2C_FedPolyNas_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Administrative_block%2C_FedPolyNas_2.jpg/330px-Administrative_block%2C_FedPolyNas_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Administrative_block%2C_FedPolyNas_2.jpg/440px-Administrative_block%2C_FedPolyNas_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="1872" /></a><figcaption>Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Nasarawa State, Nigeria</figcaption></figure> <p>The state has a <a href="/wiki/Nasarawa_State_College_of_Education,_Akwanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasarawa State College of Education, Akwanga">College of Education</a> in <a href="/wiki/Akwanga" title="Akwanga">Akwanga</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Federal_Polytechnic_Nasarawa" title="Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa">Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Federal College of Education (Technical) Keana, College of Agriculture in Lafia, Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic Lafia, <a href="/wiki/Nasarawa_State_University" title="Nasarawa State University">Nasarawa State University</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faculty of Agriculture Lafia Campus, a newly established <a href="/wiki/Federal_University_of_Technology,_Lafia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal University of Technology, Lafia">Federal University of Lafia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mewar International University at Masaka, Bingham University at Karu, Hill College of Education Gwanje Akwanga, NACAP polytechnic Akwanga, Command secondary school Lafia, Command secondary school Rinze, Vocational And Relevant technology board, and many primary and secondary schools including the Federal Government Girls College, Keana </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nasarawa State is home to the <a href="/wiki/Farin_Ruwa_Falls" title="Farin Ruwa Falls">Farin Ruwa Falls</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wamba,_Nigeria" title="Wamba, Nigeria">Wamba</a> Local Government area of the state. Farin Ruwa falls is one of the highest falls in Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Salt Village in the Keana Local Government Area of the State produces naturally iodized salt from the lake located nearby. The town is also the cradle of Alago civilization, one of the major ethnic groups in the state. Also notable is the Eggon hills of the Eggon people which is situated around Nasarawa Eggon. This was the hills which the Eggon people had settled and established as an ancestral heritage as well. Tourists love to go hiking on this beautiful and high hill overlooking the Nasarawa Eggon local government and surrounding areas. </p><p>Another tourist site in Nasarawa State is the Maloney Hill.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Keffi_Town_from_the_top_of_Maloney_Hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Keffi_Town_from_the_top_of_Maloney_Hill.jpg/220px-Keffi_Town_from_the_top_of_Maloney_Hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Keffi_Town_from_the_top_of_Maloney_Hill.jpg/330px-Keffi_Town_from_the_top_of_Maloney_Hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Keffi_Town_from_the_top_of_Maloney_Hill.jpg/440px-Keffi_Town_from_the_top_of_Maloney_Hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Keffi Town from the top of Maloney Hill</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_on_Maloney_Hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Sunset_on_Maloney_Hill.jpg/220px-Sunset_on_Maloney_Hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Sunset_on_Maloney_Hill.jpg/330px-Sunset_on_Maloney_Hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Sunset_on_Maloney_Hill.jpg/440px-Sunset_on_Maloney_Hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Sunset on Maloney Hill</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasarawa_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Abdullahi_(footballer)" title="Ahmed Abdullahi (footballer)">Ahmed Abdullahi</a> - footballer<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Hassan_Abdullahi" title="Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi">Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullahi_Adamu" title="Abdullahi Adamu">Abdullahi Adamu</a> - former National Chairman, APC<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suleiman_Adokwe" title="Suleiman Adokwe">Suleiman Adokwe</a> - former senator representing Nasarawa South Senatorial District<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Ali_Agara" title="Silas Ali Agara">Silas Ali Agara</a> - Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aliyu_Doma" title="Aliyu Doma">Aliyu Doma</a> - former governor Nasarawa state.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdulkarim_Abubakar_Kana" title="Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana">Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana</a>- the Attorney General of Nasarawa State<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umaru_Tanko_Al-Makura" title="Umaru Tanko Al-Makura">Umaru Tanko Al-Makura</a> - former governor Nasarawa state<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faisal_Shuaib" title="Faisal Shuaib">Faisal Shuaib</a> - executive director, NPHCDA<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imaan_Sulaiman-Ibrahim" title="Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim">Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim</a> – Director-General of <a href="/wiki/National_Agency_for_the_Prohibition_of_Trafficking_in_Persons" title="National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons">NAPTIP</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Wadada" title="Ahmed Wadada">Ahmed Wadada</a></li></ul> <div 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