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.- Type: Mountain range
- Description: mountain range in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Bauchi Plateau” and “Plateau Bauchi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toro and Shere.
Toro
Toro is one of the headquarters area of Toro Local Government Area and a town in Bauchi State, Nigeria. It's among the largest local government areas by land area in Nigeria.Shere
Village
Shere is a village east of Jos city, the capital of Plateau State in central Nigeria. The village is found on hills called Shere Hills on the northern part of the Jos Plateau.
Jos Plateau
- Categories: plateau and landform
- Location: Jos East, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10° northLongitude
9.05° or 9° 3′ eastOpen location code
7F2F2322+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 5619868223OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_rangeWikidata ID
Q811142
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Dutch: “Jos-plateau”
- Dutch: “Josplateau”
- Esperanto: “Jos-Altebenaĵo”
- French: “Plateau de Bauchi”
- French: “plateau de Jos”
- French: “Plateau de jos”
- French: “Plateau de Jos”
- Georgian: “ჯოსის პლატო”
- German: “Bauchi-Plateau”
- German: “Jos-Plateau”
- German: “Josplateau”
- 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”
- Spanish: “Meseta de Jos”
- Swedish: “Josplatån”
- Ukrainian: “Jos Plateau”
- Ukrainian: “Джос (плато)”
- Ukrainian: “Джос-Плато”
- Ukrainian: “Джос”
- Ukrainian: “Плато Джос”
- Uzbek: “Jos”
- Venetian: “Altipian de Jos”
- Yoruba: “Jos Plateau”
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Localities in the Area
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