Jos Plateau
The Jos Plateau is a plateau located near the centre of Nigeria. The plateau has given its name to the Plateau State in which it is found and is named for the state's capital, Jos.- Plateau with an elevation of around 1,830 metres (6,000 feet)
- …is also known as “Bauchi Plateau”
- Description: mountain range in Nigeria
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Latitude
10° north
Longitude
9.5° or 9° 30′ east
Open location code
7F2F2G22+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Jos Plateau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هضبة جوس”
- Belarusian: “Джос”
- Bulgarian: “Джос”
- Catalan: “Altiplà de Jos”
- Cebuano: “Jos Plateau”
- Chinese: “喬斯高原”
- Croatian: “Jos (visoravan)”
- Croatian: “Jos”
- Czech: “Bauči”
- Czech: “náhorní plošina Bauči”
- Czech: “plošina Bauči”
- Czech: “plošina Jos”
- Danish: “Bauchiplateauet”
- Danish: “Josplateau”
- Dutch: “Jos plateau”
- Esperanto: “Jos-Altebenaĵo”
- French: “Plateau de Bauchi”
- French: “Plateau de Jos”
- Georgian: “ჯოსის პლატო”
- German: “Bauchi-Plateau”
- German: “Jos-Plateau”
- Hausa: “Jos Plateau”
- Hungarian: “Josi-fennsík”
- Igala: “Jos Plateau”
- Igbo: “Bauchi Plateau”
- Igbo: “Jos Plateau”
- Italian: “Altopiano di Bauchi”
- Italian: “Altopiano di Jos”
- Japanese: “ジョス・プラトー”
- Japanese: “ジョス高原”
- Lithuanian: “Džoso plynaukštė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Josplatået”
- Norwegian: “Josplatået”
- Persian: “فلات جوس”
- Polish: “Dżos”
- Portuguese: “Jos (planalto)”
- Portuguese: “Planalto de Jos”
- Portuguese: “Plateau de Jos”
- Portuguese: “Platô de Jos”
- Russian: “Баучи (плато)”
- Russian: “Джос (плато)”
- Russian: “Джос”
- Russian: “Плато Джос”
- Slovak: “Baučská plošina”
- Slovenian: “planota Jos”
- Slovenian: “Planota”
- Spanish: “Meseta de Jos”
- Swedish: “Josplatån”
- Ukrainian: “Jos Plateau”
- Ukrainian: “Джос (плато)”
- Ukrainian: “Джос”
- Ukrainian: “Плато Джос”
- Uzbek: “Jos”
- Venetian: “Altipian de Jos”
- Yoruba: “Jos Plateau”
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