Jos
Jos is the state capital of Plateau State in North Central Nigeria. Before the unrest that has shaken the region, the city's cool climate, scenic plateau location and colonial importance made it a popular tourist destination.
- City with about 822,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,220 metres (3,990 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code JOS
- Description: city in Plateau State, Nigeria
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jos Museum.
Jos
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Latitude
9.9175° or 9° 55′ 3″ north
Longitude
8.8979° or 8° 53′ 53″ east
UN/LOCODE
NG JOS
Open location code
6FXCWV9X+25
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Jos” goes by many names.
JosAfrikaans
JosAlbanian
ጆስAmharic
جوسArabic
ՋոսArmenian
JosAsturian
CosAzerbaijani
JosBasque
JosBavarian
ДжосBelarusian
জোসBengali
JosCatalan
JosCebuano
Jos (kapital sa estado)Cebuano
乔斯Chinese
喬斯Chinese
JosCroatian
JosHungarian
JosIgbo
JosIndonesian
JosIrish
JosItalian
ジョスJapanese
JosJavanese
Nja̱tJju
ಜೋಸ್Kannada
ДжосKazakh
ДжосKirghiz
조스Korean
DžosaLatvian
DžosasLithuanian
ЏосMacedonian
JosMalay
जोसMarathi
JosMin Nan Chinese
JosNigerian Pidgin
JosNorthern Frisian
JosNorwegian
JosNorwegian Bokmål
JosNorwegian Nynorsk
JosNupe-Nupe-Tako
JosOromo
ਜੋਸPanjabi
جاسPersian
جوسPersian
DżosPolish
JosPolish
ЏосSerbian
JosSilesian
ජෝස්Sinhala
JosSlovak
JosSlovenian
JosSomali
جوسSouth Azerbaijani
ҖосTatar
జోస్Telugu
จอสThai
JosTurkish
Ja̱dTyap
Ja̱tTyap
Nja̱dTyap
Nja̱tTyap
ДжосUkrainian
جوس، نائجیریاUrdu
JosUzbek
JosVenetian
JosVietnamese
JosWaray (Philippines)
JosYoruba
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