Measurements#
- Land area: 54,473 km² — 3rd largest of 37 jurisdictions
- Local government areas: 16 — 29th of 37
- Population (2006 census, the last held): 2,300,736 — 33rd of 37
- Density: ~42 people per km² on 2006 figures — 37th of 37
Borders#
Terrain#
Benue valley rising to the Mambilla Plateau — at about 1,600 m the highest inhabited land in Nigeria, and the site of the Mambilla hydro scheme approved in principle in 1972 and still unbuilt. Third-largest state by area.
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)