Jalingo

Jalingo
Coordinates	8 ° 54 ' N , 11 ° 22' E Coordinates: 8 ° 54 ' N , 11 ° 22' E
Basic data
Country	Nigeria
State	Taraba
ISO 3166-2	NG-TA
Residents	122,064 (2006)

Location of Jalingos in Eastern Nigeria

Jalingo is the capital of the Nigerian state of Taraba and is located in the east of Nigeria. According to an estimate from 2006, it has 122,064 inhabitants.

geography

Jalingo is located in the savannah- covered area of the foothills of the Shebshi Mountains , about 40 km southeast of the banks of the Benue . The city is connected to Yola and Wukari by roads.

administration

Jalingo and its surroundings form the smallest of the 16 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state of Taraba with an area of 190.76 km². At the last census in 1991 the LGA had 74,108 inhabitants and thus a population density of 388 inhabitants per km². In the city itself there were 67,226 inhabitants.

Bishopric of Jalingo

Bishopric of Jalingo

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↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: World Gazetteer@1@ 2
^ The 774 Local Governmnent Areas. Jalingo Local Government Area. Nigeria Congress Online, archived from the original on July 13, 2003 ; accessed on December 30, 2006 (English).

[1] Page no longer available , search in web archives: World Gazetteer@1@ 2

[2] The 774 Local Governmnent Areas. Jalingo Local Government Area. Nigeria Congress Online, archived from the original on July 13, 2003 ; accessed on December 30, 2006 (English).