Nasarawa State State nickname: Home of Solid Minerals
Location
Statistics
Governor (List)	Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)
Date Created	1 October 1996
Capital	Lafia
Area	27,117 km² Ranked 15th
Population 1991 Census 2005 estimate	Ranked 34th N/A 2,040,097
ISO 3166-2	NG-NA

Nasarawa or Nassarawa State^[1] is a state in central Nigeria. Its capital is Lafia. The following table presents a listing of Nigerian state nicknames. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias state governors. ... Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu (b. ... The Peoples Democratic Party is a centrist political party in Nigeria. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias states and the dates of their creation. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The following is a list of Nigerian State capitals. ... Location of Lafia in Nigeria Lafia is a city in central Nigeria. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias 36 states ranked in order of their surface area. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Nigerian states by population density Map of Nigerian states by total population The following table presents a listing of Nigerias 36 states ranked in order of their total population (based on 2005 population estimates). ... ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... Location of Lafia in Nigeria Lafia is a city in central Nigeria. ...

Nasarawa is made up of thirteen local government areas namely; Wamba, Kokona, Keana, Nassarawa/Eggon, Toto (LGA), Awe (LGA), Akwanga, Keff, Karu, Lafia, Obi, Doma and Nasarawa. It is bounded in the north by Kaduna State, in the west by the Abuja Federal Capital Territory, in the south by Kogi and Benue States and in the east by Taraba and Plateau States. Wamba was king of the Visigoths in Hispania (Iberia) from 672 to 680 CE. // History Religious events In 675 the Third Council of Braga was held in Braga (Bracara), Hispania. ... Toto has several meanings: Toto (band) is an American pop/rock group, best known for the songs Africa and Rosanna. Toto (album), the aforementioned groups debut album. ... Awe is an emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder inspired by authority, genius, great beauty, sublimity, or might. ... Location of Lafia in Nigeria Lafia is a city in central Nigeria. ... Obi can refer to: http://www. ... The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA is a federal law of the United States passed by Congress and signed by former President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996. ... Kaduna State is a state in central northern Nigeria. ... Kogi is a state in the north-central zone of Nigeria. ... Benue is a state in eastern Nigeria. ... Taraba is a state of Nigeria, named after the Taraba River which traverses the southern part of the state. ... Plateau State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. ...

The state has agriculture as the mainstay of its economy with the production of varieties of cash crops throughout the year. It is also blessed with solid minerals notably salt and bauxite. In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for money. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) Salt covering the floor of Bad Water in Death Valley, CA, the lowest point in the US. A salt, in chemistry, is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral... Bauxite with penny Bauxite with core of unweathered rock Bauxite is an aluminium ore which consists largely of the Al minerals gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite and diaspore AlOOH, together with the iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase TiO2. ...

The government has continued to give priority attention to the development of educational facilities and opportunities in the state. It has a Federal Polytechnic and College of Education and other vocational training schools.

A good network of roads exist within the state linking all the rural areas and major towns. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) operates train services from Kuru, Gombe and Maiduguri. Nigeria Railway Corporation is the government body operating railways in Nigeria. ... Kuru or Kurus may be: Kuru (kingdom), a powerful Indian kingdom during the Vedic period and later a republic during the Mahajanapada period Kuru Kingdom, a kingdom based on the historic Kuru kingdom in Indian epic literature Kuru (disease), neurological, and associated with New Guinea, the Fore, and cannibalism Kuru... Location of Gombe in Nigeria Gombe is a city in northeastern Nigeria. ... Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State in Nigeria. ...

Health Care Delivery Services is encouraged in the state through the establishment of General Hospitals and other health institution to make health facilities available to all in the state.

Nasarawa State has the highest potentials in the nation for the development of a viable tourism industry. However, numerous of its potentials are yet to be fully tapped. Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ...

The young state is richly endowed with scenic beauty, and conspicuous features. Its temperate climate makes it a tourist centre. Lafia the state capital has an enviable weather with a fascinating rocky environment. Location of Lafia in Nigeria Lafia is a city in central Nigeria. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ...

Administrative Divisions

The 13 LGAs of Nasarawa are:

1. Akwanga
2. Awe
3. Doma
4. Karu
5. Keana
6. Keffi
7. Kokona
8. Lafia
9. Nassarawa
10. Nassarawa-Egon
11. Obi
12. Toto
13. Wamba

External links

• official web site

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Notes

1. ^ The spellings Nassarawa and "Nasarawa" are used interchangeably in various state and federal documents