Taraba State
Taraba State is a state in North East Nigeria. The state consists of beautiful landscapes and high mountain ranges like the Gotel Mountains and Mambilla Plateau ranges, which serve as sources of numerous rivers and streams like the Donga and Taraba rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Jalingo and Serti.
Jalingo
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Jalingo is the capital city of Taraba State in north-eastern Nigeria, named in fulfulde and has been estimated with population of 418,000 as of 2018, The city has received the highest number of immigrants mainly from, Kano, Borno, Gombe and the neighboring Cameroon.
Serti
Gashaka is a Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Serti. It has an area of 8,393 km2 and a population of 87,781 at the 2006 census.Ibi
Ibi Local Government Area is in the southern part of Taraba State, bordering Benue State to the west and Adamawa State to the east. The headquarters of Ibi Local Government Area is located in the town of Ibi.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Gembu and Nguroje.
Gembu
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Gembu is a town in North East Nigeria, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Sardauna Local Government Area, and a border town situated on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State.
Nguroje
Nguroje is a picturesque town located on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State, Nigeria. It is part of the Sardauna Local Government Area and sits at an altitude of about 1,828 meters, making it one of the highest settlements in Nigeria.
Kashimbila Game Reserve
The Kashimbila Game Reserve is found in Taraba State, Nigeria. It was established in 1977. This site is 1396 km2.Taraba State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 1,480,000 residents
- Description: state in the northern part of Nigeria
- Also known as: “Jalingo”
- Neighbors: Adamawa State, Bauchi State, Benue State, Gombe State, Nasarawa State, and Plateau State
- Location: North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Taraba State” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ترابة”
- Arabic: “ترابه”
- Arabic: “ولاية تراب”
- Arabic: “ولاية ترابة”
- Armenian: “Տարաբա նահանգ”
- Azerbaijani: “Taraba ştatı”
- Bashkir: “Тараба”
- Bengali: “তারাবা অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Breton: “Taraba”
- Bulgarian: “Тараба”
- Catalan: “Estat de Taraba”
- Cebuano: “Taraba State”
- Central Kanuri: “Taraba”
- Chinese: “Taraba Chiu”
- Chinese: “塔拉巴州”
- Czech: “Taraba”
- Danish: “Taraba”
- Dutch: “Taraba”
- Esperanto: “ŝubŝtato Taraba”
- Esperanto: “Taraba Ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Taraba”
- Estonian: “Taraba osariik”
- Finnish: “Taraba”
- French: “État de Taraba”
- French: “Taraba”
- Fulah: “Diiwal Taraba”
- Fulah: “Leydi Taraba”
- Galician: “Taraba”
- Georgian: “ტარაბის შტატი”
- German: “NG-TA”
- German: “Taraba”
- Greek: “Ταράμπα”
- Gujarati: “ટરબા સ્ટેટ”
- Gun: “Ayimatẹn Taraba Tọn”
- Hausa: “Jahar Taraba”
- Hausa: “Jalingo”
- Hausa: “Taraba state”
- Hindi: “टराबा राज्य”
- Igbo: “Jalingo”
- Igbo: “Ȯra Taraba”
- Indonesian: “Taraba”
- Italian: “Taraba”
- Japanese: “タラバ州”
- Kannada: “ತಾರಾಬಾ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
- Kazakh: “Taraba”
- Kazakh: “Тараба”
- Kazakh: “تارابا”
- Korean: “타라바주”
- Latvian: “Taraba”
- Latvian: “Tarabas štats”
- Lithuanian: “Tarabos valstija”
- Malay: “Taraba State”
- Marathi: “ताराबा राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Taraba Chiu”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Jalingo”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Taraba state”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Taraba State”
- Northern Frisian: “Taraba (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Taraba”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taraba”
- Norwegian: “Taraba”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Taraba State”
- Obolo: “Taraba”
- Persian: “ایالت تارابا”
- Polish: “Taraba”
- Portuguese: “Taraba”
- Romanian: “Statul Taraba”
- Russian: “Тараба”
- Serbian: “Тараба”
- Sindhi: “تارابا رياست”
- Sinhala: “ටරබා රාජ්ය”
- Sinhala: “තාරබා ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovenian: “NG-TA”
- Slovenian: “Taraba”
- South Azerbaijani: “تارابا ایالتی”
- Spanish: “Estado de Taraba”
- Spanish: “Taraba”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Taraba”
- Swahili: “Taraba State”
- Swahili: “Taraba”
- Swedish: “Taraba”
- Tamil: “தராபா மாநிலம்”
- Telugu: “టరాబా రాష్ట్రము”
- Telugu: “టరాబా స్టేట్”
- Thai: “แคว้นเรียซัน”
- Tumbuka: “Taraba State, Nigeria”
- Turkish: “Taraba Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Taraba”
- Tyap: “Si̱tet Ta̱raba”
- Ukrainian: “Тараба”
- Urdu: “تارابا اسٹیٹ”
- Urdu: “تارابا ریاست”
- Vietnamese: “Taraba”
- Waray (Philippines): “Taraba (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Taraba”
- Western Mari: “Тараба”
- Yoruba: “Ipinle Taraba”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Taraba”
- Yoruba: “Taraba State”
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