Measurements#
- Land area: 27,117 km² — 15th largest of 37 jurisdictions
- Local government areas: 13 — 33rd of 37
- Population (2006 census, the last held): 1,863,275 — 35th of 37
- Density: ~69 people per km² on 2006 figures — 32nd of 37
Terrain#
Savannah lowland between the Jos Plateau and the Benue trough; solid-mineral country — barite, salt and one of Africa's richest known lithium and tantalite fields at Nasarawa and Wamba.
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)