Plateau State
Plateau State is a state in North Central part of Nigeria. With natural formations of rocks, hills and waterfalls, it is one of the coldest states in Nigeria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Jos and Wase.
Jos
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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.
Wase
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Wase is a town and Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria, situated some 200km south east of Jos, the Plateau State capital. It shares boundary with Kanam LGA to the north, Taraba State to the south and east, and Langtang LGA to the west.The population of the LGA was 161,714 people as of 2006, with an urban area of 1750 km².
Bukuru
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Bukuru is a very old city near Jos in Plateau State in North Central Nigeria. It was one of the first built in Nigeria during colonial rule. Jos has always been the home of many cultures.
Plateau State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 3,550,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Neighbors: Bauchi State, Kaduna State, Nasarawa State, and Taraba State
- Location: North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Plateau State” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلاتو”
- Arabic: “ولاية بلاتو”
- Armenian: “Պլատո (նահանգ)”
- Armenian: “Պլատո”
- Azerbaijani: “Plato ştatı”
- Bengali: “প্লেটু অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Bislama: “Plateau State”
- Breton: “Plateau”
- Bulgarian: “Плато”
- Catalan: “Estat de Plateau”
- Cebuano: “Plateau State”
- Chinese: “Plateau Chiu”
- Chinese: “高原州”
- Czech: “Plateau”
- Danish: “Plateau”
- Dutch: “Plateau”
- Esperanto: “Altebena”
- Esperanto: “Plateau state”
- Esperanto: “Ŝtato Altebeno”
- Esperanto: “subŝtato Altebena”
- Esperanto: “Subŝtato Altebena”
- Estonian: “Plateau osariik”
- Finnish: “Plateau”
- French: “Etat de Plateau”
- French: “État de Plateau”
- French: “Plateau”
- Fulah: “Diiwal Filato”
- Galician: “Plateau”
- Georgian: “პლატოს შტატი”
- German: “NG-PL”
- German: “Plateau”
- Greek: “Πλατό”
- Gujarati: “પ્લેટીઓ સ્ટેટ”
- Gun: “Ayimatẹn Plateau Tọn”
- Hausa: “Filato”
- Hausa: “Jahar pilato”
- Hausa: “Plateau”
- Hebrew: “פלאטו”
- Hindi: “प्लैटो राज्य”
- Igala: “Plateau state”
- Igbo: “Ȯra Plateau”
- Indonesian: “Plateau”
- Italian: “Plateau”
- Italian: “Stato di Plateau”
- Japanese: “プラトー州”
- Kannada: “ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಭೂಮಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
- Korean: “플래토주”
- Latvian: “Plato štats”
- Latvian: “Plato”
- Lithuanian: “Plato valstija”
- Malay: “Plateau State”
- Marathi: “प्लॅटयू राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Plateau Chiu”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Plateau State”
- Northern Frisian: “Plateau (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Plateau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Plateau”
- Norwegian: “Plateau”
- Obolo: “Pilatu”
- Persian: “ایالت پلاتو”
- Polish: “Plateau”
- Portuguese: “Estado de Plateau”
- Portuguese: “Plateau”
- Romanian: “Statul Plateau”
- Russian: “Плато”
- Serbian: “Плато”
- Sindhi: “پليٽو رياست”
- Sinhala: “පලාටු ප්රාන්තය”
- Sinhala: “පලාටු රාජ්ය”
- Slovenian: “Plateau”
- South Azerbaijani: “پلاتو ایالتی”
- Spanish: “Estado de Plateau”
- Spanish: “Plateau”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Plateau”
- Swahili: “Plateau State”
- Swahili: “Plateau”
- Swedish: “Plateau, Nigeria”
- Swedish: “Plateau”
- Tamil: “பிளாட்டோ மாநிலம்”
- Telugu: “ప్లేటూ రాష్ట్రం”
- Telugu: “ప్లేటూ స్టేట్”
- Thai: “รัฐแพทโท”
- Tumbuka: “Plateau State, Nigeria”
- Turkish: “Plateau Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Plateau”
- Tyap: “Si̱tet Pi̱lato”
- Ukrainian: “Плато”
- Urdu: “پلیٹئو اسٹیٹ”
- Urdu: “پلیٹئو ریاست”
- Vietnamese: “Bang Plateau”
- Waray (Philippines): “Plateau (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Plateau”
- Western Mari: “Плато”
- Yoruba: “Ipinle Plateau”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Plateau”
- Yoruba: “Plateau State”
- Yue Chinese: “高原州”
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