Measurements#
- Land area: 7,315 km² — 29th largest of 37 jurisdictions
- Local government areas: 6 — 37th of 37
- Population (2006 census, the last held): 1,406,239 — 37th of 37
- Density: ~192 people per km² on 2006 figures — 17th of 37
Terrain#
Savannah on the Gwagwa plains, ringed by the Bwari–Aso hills and dominated by Aso Rock and Zuma Rock (on the Niger State boundary). Created in 1976 out of Niger, Plateau (via Nasarawa) and Kwara territory.
References
Sources#
- National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria Statistical Fact Sheets (land area)
- National Population Commission, 2006 Census, gazetted figures
- Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, First Schedule Part I (LGA count)