Adamawa State · Sub-category

National Rankings

Below-average literacy; heavily affected by Boko Haram insurgency lowering school enrolment in northern LGAs; Gashaka-Gumti is Nigeria's largest and one of Africa's most biodiverse national parks

Figure · Federation position

In the North East zone

North West

7 states

· Jigawa
· Kaduna
· Kano
· Katsina
· Kebbi
· Sokoto
· Zamfara

North East

6 states

▸ Adamawa
· Bauchi
· Borno
· Gombe
· Taraba
· Yobe

North Central

7 states

· Benue
· Abuja
· Kogi
· Kwara
· Nasarawa
· Niger
· Plateau

South West

6 states

· Ekiti
· Lagos
· Ogun
· Ondo
· Osun
· Oyo

South East

5 states

· Abia
· Anambra
· Ebonyi
· Enugu
· Imo

South South

6 states

· Akwa Ibom
· Bayelsa
· Cross River
· Delta
· Edo
· Rivers

Source · Federal Republic of Nigeria — 6 geopolitical zones (informal); 36 states + FCT.

Figure · State vs federation

Where this state sits on the national scale

Area (km²)36,917vs mean 12,504+195%

Local government areas21vs mean 21-1%

Pop. 2006 census3,168,101vs mean 3,785,169-16%

Source · National Bureau of Statistics; 2006 Population & Housing Census; state creation gazettes. Vertical line = federation mean across 36 states + FCT.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.