Measurements#
- Land area: 30,913 km² — 12th largest of 37 jurisdictions
- Local government areas: 17 — 25th of 37
- Population (2006 census, the last held): 3,178,712 — 25th of 37
- Density: ~103 people per km² on 2006 figures — 27th of 37
Terrain#
The Jos Plateau — average elevation about 1,200 m, rising to 1,829 m at Shere Hills; Nigeria's only near-temperate climate and the tin field on which the colonial northern economy was built.
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)