Bukuru is a city located on the

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. The plateau is home to people of diverse cultures and languages ...

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. It was previously considered a separate city from the city of Jos close by, but like every other form of urbanization, the city of Jos has merged with the town of Bukuru to form the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. It is the headquarters of

Jos South Jos South is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. It houses the Plateau State new Government house which includes the Office of the Executive Governor and other government house administrative offic ...

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It lies along a branch railway, and it is still a major

tin Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from la, stannum) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery-coloured metal. Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, t ...

and

columbite Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate [], is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium. It has a submetallic Lustre (mineralogy), luster and a high density and is a niobate of iron and manganese. This mineral group w ...

mining centre. It is situated on one of the highest parts of the plateau, more than 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) above sea level. In recent times Bukuru has witnessed massive urbanization growth with the influx of banks, hotels and recreation centers. It boasts of the only independent power company in plateau State, the Nigerian electricity supply company (NESCO). It is also home to one of the most successful industries in Nigeria like Grand cereals and oil mills limited, a subsidiary of United African Company (UAC).

Transport

Bauchi Light Railway The Bauchi Light Railway was a narrow gauge railway built in 1914 to carry tin from Jos in Nigeria to the main line railway at Zaria. History The railway opened in sections 1912–1914, Jos-Bukuru () was widened to narrow gauge in 1927, while ...

, which was closed in 1957, was built in 1914 to carry tin from Bukuru to

Zaria Zaria is a metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau Emirate Council, and one of the original seven Hausa city-states ...

(120 miles 90 kmnorthwest) and connected a line to

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. The present railway branch linking Port Harcourt (370 miles 95 kmsouth-southwest) to the Jos and Bukuru mines was completed in 1927. Minerals are now sent to Jos for smelting and then to Port Harcourt for export. Bukuru is also associated with the opencast mine workings are exploitable deposits of kaolin.

Religion

Bukuru has a mix of Christians and Muslims with a Christian majority. Some of the earliest churches in Bukuru are the

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, Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN),

Evangelical Church of West Africa The Evangelical Church Winning All, previously known as the Evangelical Church of West Africa, is one of the largest Christian denominations in Nigeria, with about ten million members. ECWA is a partner church of the international Christian missi ...

(ECWA),

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, First Baptist Church and the Apostolic Church.

Theological College of Northern Nigeria Theological College of Northern Nigeria (TCNN) is a private, Christian college located in Bukuru, Plateau State, Nigeria. History TCNN was constituted on November 26, 1958 and came into being in February 1959 when classes started at Gindiri. TCNN ...

(TCNN) is a seminary located in Bukuru alongside the headquarters of Africa Christian Textbooks (ACTS). There is a central

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in Bukuru.

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{{Coord, 09, 48, 00, N, 08, 52, 00, E, display=title Populated places in Plateau State

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