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Nasarawa State

Nasarawa is a state in the North Central region of , bordered to the east by the states of and , to the north by , to the south by the states of and , and to the west by the .
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Keffipronunciation Local Government Area and a traditional and commercial town in Nasarawa State, . Its headquarters are in the town of .

is a city and local government area in Nasarawa State of . It is home to the second indigenous private polytechnic in Northern Nigeria.

is a local government area in Nasarawa State in the north-central part of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in New . It is a city under Nasarawa State and it is very close to the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, in fact some people mistake to be in because of its proximity to Abuja, however, is in Nasarawa State.

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is a Local Government Area in State, . Its headquarters are in the town of , located at 8°32'N 7°42'E, with a population of 30,949.

is a town in Nasarawa State, . It is a district of Gurku Chiefdom under Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State and is among the towns that make up the Karu urban area, a conurbation of towns stretching to 's Federal Capital Territory.

Nasarawa State

Latitude of center
8.4388° or 8° 26′ 20″ north
Longitude of center
8.2383° or 8° 14′ 18″ east
Population
2,040,000
Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2163706712
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2595348
Wiki­data ID
Q836645
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Nasarawa State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصراوة”
  • Arabic: “ولاية نصراوة”
  • Arabic: “ولايه نصراوه”
  • Armenian: “Նասարավա նահանգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nasarava ştatı”
  • Bengali: “নাসারাও অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bulgarian: “Насарауа”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Nasarawa”
  • Cebuano: “Nasarawa State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Nasarawa”
  • Chinese: “Nasarawa Chiu”
  • Chinese: “納薩拉瓦州”
  • Chinese: “纳萨拉瓦州”
  • Czech: “Nassarawa (stát)”
  • Czech: “Nassarawa”
  • Danish: “Nassarawa”
  • Dutch: “Nassarawa”
  • Esperanto: “Nasarava Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Nasarava”
  • Esperanto: “ŝtato Nasarava”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Nasarava”
  • Estonian: “Nasarawa osariik”
  • Estonian: “Nasarawa”
  • Finnish: “Nasarawa”
  • Finnish: “Nassarawa”
  • French: “Nasarawa”
  • French: “Nassarawa”
  • Fulah: “Nassarawa”
  • Galician: “Estado de Nasarawa”
  • Georgian: “ნასარავის შტატი”
  • German: “Nassarawa”
  • German: “NG-NA”
  • Greek: “Νασαράβα”
  • Gujarati: “નાસારવા સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Nasarawa Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Jahar Nasarawa”
  • Hausa: “Nasarawa”
  • Hindi: “नासरवा राज्य”
  • Hungarian: “Nasarawa állam”
  • Hungarian: “Nasarawa”
  • Igala: “Nasarawa State”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Nasarawa”
  • Indonesian: “Nasarawa”
  • Indonesian: “Nassarawa”
  • Italian: “Nasarawa”
  • Italian: “Nassarawa”
  • Japanese: “ナサラワ州”
  • Kannada: “ನಸರಾವಾ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “나사라와주”
  • Latvian: “Nasarava”
  • Latvian: “Nasaravas štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Nasaravos valstija”
  • Malay: “Nasarawa State”
  • Marathi: “नासर्व राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nasarawa Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Nasarawa State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nasarawa (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nasarawa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nasarawa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nassarawa”
  • Norwegian: “Nasarawa”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Nasarawa State”
  • Obolo: “Nasarawa”
  • Persian: “ایالت ناساراوا”
  • Polish: “Nassarawa”
  • Portuguese: “Nasaraua”
  • Portuguese: “Nasarawa”
  • Portuguese: “Nassaraua”
  • Romanian: “Statul Nassarawa”
  • Russian: “Насарава”
  • Serbian: “Насарава”
  • Sindhi: “نساراوا رياست”
  • Sinhala: “නසරවා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “නසරවා රාජ්‍ය”
  • Slovenian: “Nasarawa”
  • Slovenian: “NG-NA”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ناساراوا ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Nasawara”
  • Spanish: “Nasarawa”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Nasarawa”
  • Swahili: “Nasarawa State”
  • Swahili: “Nasarawa”
  • Swedish: “Nasarawa”
  • Swedish: “Nassarawa”
  • Tamil: “நசரவா மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “నసరావా రాష్ట్రం”
  • Telugu: “నసరావా స్టేట్”
  • Thai: “นาซซาราวา”
  • Tumbuka: “Nasarawa State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Nasarawa Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Nasarawa”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Na̱sa̱rawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Насарава”
  • Ukrainian: “Нассарава”
  • Urdu: “نصراوا اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “نصراوا ریاست”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Nasarawa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nasarawa (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nasarawa”
  • Western Mari: “Насарава”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Nasarawa”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Nasarawa”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Nassarawa”
  • Yoruba: “Nasarawa State”
  • Yoruba: “Nassarawa State”

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