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Benue State

Capital
Makurdi
Zone
NC
Local government areas
23
Created
3 Feb 1976

Peoples & Tongues

12 languages · 8 ethnic groups · 14 recognised thrones · mixed

Tor Tiv + Och'Idoma + Igede, Etulo

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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.