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Taraba State is a state located in the northern region of Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's constituent states within the country's federal system of government.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- state of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Nigeria
- Contains
- Takum
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Jalingo
- Official language
- English language
- Population
- 3066834
- Area
- 54473
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Adamawa State
- Official website
- www.tarabastate.gov.ng
- Image
- Mambila Plateau of Taraba State.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Taraba State
- inception
- 1991-08-27
- replaces
- Gongola State
- language used
- Bitare
- occupant
- Mumuye
- postal code
- 660001
- Commons category
- Taraba State
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Encyclopedic overview
Taraba (Listen) is a state in north-eastern Nigeria, named after the Taraba River, which traverses the southern part of the state. It is nicknamed "Nature's Gift to the Nation". The state capital is Jalingo. It is home to a diverse population including about 80 distinct ethnicities and their languages.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taraba State” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.