Nasarawa State

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Nasarawa State State nickname: Home of Solid Minerals
Location
Statistics
Date Created	1 October 1996
Capital	Lafia
Official language	English
Area	27,117 km²km² Ranked Ranked 15th of 36
Population  - 2005 (estimate)  - 1991 Census	Ranked Ranked 34th of 36 2,040,097 N/A
Current Governor Previous Governors	Aliyu Doma (PDP)
Representatives	List
ISO 3166-2	NG-NA
Website	[1]

Nasarawa State is a state in central Nigeria. Its capital is Lafia.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Local Government Areas 4 Economy 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

Nasawara was created on October 1st, 1996 from the (today neighboring) Plateau State.^[1]

[edit] Geography

Nasarawa State 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.

A 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.

[edit] Local Government Areas

The thirteen Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State are:

Akwanga Awe Doma Karu Keana Keffi Kokona

Lafia Nasarawa Nasarawa Eggon Obi Toto Wamba

[edit] Economy

Nasarawa State has agriculture as the mainstay of its economy with the production of varieties of cash crops throughout the year. It is also contains minerals such as salt and bauxite.

The state has a Federal Polytechnic and College of Education and other vocational training schools.

[edit] References

1. ^ Brief Data

[edit] External links

• Nasarawa State website

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