Nassarawa State
Nassarawa is a state in Nigeria's North Central geopolitical zone.
- Capital
- Lafia
- Population
- 1.9M
- Total area
- 26,793 km²
- LGAs
- 13
- House Reps (total)
- —
- IGR (2024)
- ₦25.5B
- Capital
- Lafia
- Population
- 1.9M
- 2006 estimate
- Land area
- 26,793 km²
- LGAs
- 13
- Senate seats
- —
- IGR (2024)
- ₦25.5B
- internally generated revenue
Sub-national administrative units
Local government areas (13)
13 constitutional tier-3 units
Geopolitical synthesis
Nassarawa in the federation
Nassarawa is a state in Nigeria's North Central geopolitical zone.
Bordering territories & maritime boundaries
- Land bordersBenue, Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna, Kogi, Plateau, Taraba
Quick facts
- Date created
- 1996
- Known as
- Home of Solid Minerals
- Population
- ~1,869,377
- Climate classification
- Tropical Wet & Dry / Savanna
- LGAs
- 13
- Distance to Abuja
- 146 km
Languages, stories and places to explore
Languages spoken
Major cities
Lafia · Keffi · Akwanga
What to explore · learn
Nasarawa's nickname reflects its deposits of barite, salt, and other solid minerals, alongside its proximity to Abuja.
Nasarawa's historic thrones include the Aren Eggon, the Osana of Doma and the Emirs of Lafia and Keffi.
Nasarawa EggonDomaLafia
Cultural groups & homelands
Alago (Arago) and neighbours
4 LGAsAlago, Migili and related communities of southern Nasarawa State, including the Doma chiefdom under the Osana of Doma.
Lafia-Keffi Axis
3 LGAsNasarawa State's main administrative and historic emirate towns, close to the Abuja-Jos-Lafia corridor.
Eggon
2 LGAsEggon communities of northern Nasarawa State, under the Aren Eggon.
Cultural institutions
Nasarawa's historic thrones include the Aren Eggon, the Osana of Doma and the Emirs of Lafia and Keffi.
Nasarawa Eggon · Doma · Lafia · Keffi