Jos is a city in the north central region of

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. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census. Popularly called "J-Town", it is the administrative capital and largest city of

Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...

. During

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, Jos was an important centre for

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and is the trading hub of the state as commercial activities are steadily increasing.

History

The earliest known settlers of the land that would come to be known as Nigeria were the Nok people (

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), skilled artisans from around the Jos area who mysteriously vanished in the late first millennium. The National Archives UK - CO 1069-62-74

According to the historian Sen Luka Gwom Zangabadt, the area known as Jos today was inhabited by

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who were mostly farmers. According to Billy J. Dudley, the British colonialists used direct rule for the indigenous ethnic groups on the Jos Plateau since they were not under the

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s where indirect rule was used. According to the historian Samuel N Nwabara, the

empire controlled most of

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, except the Plateau province and the Berom, Mwaghavul, Ngas, Tiv, Jukun and Idoma ethnic groups. It was the discovery of

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by the British that led to the influx of other ethnic groups such as the

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from the north, southeastern

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, and

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from the country's southwest. As such, Jos is often recognized as a cosmopolitan Nigerian city. According to the white paper of the commission of inquiry into the 1894 crisis, Ames, a British colonial administrator, said that the original name for Jos was ''Gwosh'' in the

Izere language Izere is a dialect continuum of Plateau languages in Nigeria. According to Blench (2008), it is four languages, though ''Ethnologue'' does not distinguish NW and NE Izere. The Cen and Ganang varieties are spoken by only 2000 each. Cen has added ...

(spoken by the

Afusari The Afizere people (Other: ''Afizarek'', exonym: ''Jarawa'') are an ethnic group that occupy Jos East, Jos North, parts of Jos South and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State and parts of Toro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas of ...

, the first settlers in the area), which was a village situated at the current site of the city; according to Ames, the

, who arrived there after, wrongly pronounced Gwosh as "Jos" and it stuck. Another version was that "Jos" came from the word "Jasad" meaning body in Arabic. To distinguish it from the hill tops, it was called "Jas", which was mis-pronounced by the British as "Jos". It grew rapidly after the British discovered vast

deposits in the vicinity. Both tin and

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were extensively mined in the area up until the 1960s. They were transported by railway to both Port Harcourt and

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on the coast, then exported from those ports. Jos is still often referred to as "Tin City". It was made capital of

Benue-Plateau State Benue-Plateau State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states - Benue and Plateau. The city of Jos was t ...

in 1967, and became the capital of the new Plateau State in 1975. Jos has become an important national administrative, commercial, and tourist centre. Tin mining has led to the influx of migrants (mostly Igbos, Yorubas and

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) who constitute more than half of the population of Jos. This "melting pot" of race, ethnicity and religion makes Jos one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Nigeria. For this reason,

is known in Nigeria as the "home of peace and tourism". Excellent footage of Jos in 1936 including the tin mines, local people and the colonial population is held by the Cinema Museum in London ref HM0172

Administrative divisions

The city is divided into 3 local government areas of Jos north, Jos south and Jos east. The city proper lies between Jos north and Jos south. Jos east houses the prestigious National Center For Remote Sensing. Jos north is the state capital and the area where most commercial activities of the state takes place, although due to the recent communal clashes a lot of commercial activities are shifting to Jos south. The Governor's office is located in an area in Jos North called "Jise" in Berom language, "Gise" in Afizere (Jarawa) language or "Tudun-Wada" in Hausa language. Jos North has a significant slum. Jos south is the seat of the Deputy Governor i.e. the old Government House in Rayfield and the industrial centre of Plateau State due to the presence of industries like the NASCO group, Standard Biscuits, Grand Cereals and Oil Mills, Zuma steel west Africa, aluminium roofing industries, Jos International Breweries among others. Jos south also houses prestigious institutions like the

National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979. Most policymaker ...

(NIPSS), the highest academic awarding institution in Nigeria, the National Veterinary Research Institute, the Police Staff College, the NTA television college and the

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. Jos north is the location of the University of Jos and its teaching hospital. The city has formed an

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with the town of

Bukuru Bukuru is a city located on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. 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-Buk ...

to form the Jos-Bukuru metropolis (JBM).

Geography and climate

Situated almost at the geographical centre of Nigeria and about from

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, the nation's capital, Jos is linked by road, rail and air to the rest of the country. The city is served by

Yakubu Gowon Airport Yakubu Gowon Airport , also known as Jos Airport, is an airport serving Jos, the capital of the Plateau State of Nigeria. It was named after Yakubu Gowon, the Nigerian head of state from 1966 to 1975. Airlines and destinations See also *Feder ...

, but its rail connections no longer operate as the only currently operational section of Nigeria's rail network is the western line from Lagos to

Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria *Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State **Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries **Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...

. At an altitude of above sea level, Jos' climate is closer to temperate than that of the vast majority of Nigeria. Average monthly temperatures range from , and from mid-November to late January, night-time temperatures drop as low as . Hail sometimes falls during the rainy season because of the cooler temperatures at high altitudes. These cooler temperatures have, from

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times until the present day, made Jos a favourite holiday location for both tourists and

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based in Nigeria. Jos receives about of rainfall annually, the

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arising from both convectional and

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sources, owing to the location of the city on the Jos Plateau. According to the

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system, Jos has a

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, abbreviated ''Aw''.

Features

;Jos Wildlife Park Elephant at the Jos Wildlife Park

Covering roughly of

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h bush and established in 1972 under the administration of then Governor of Benue-Plateau

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in alliance with a mandate by the then

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to African heads of state to earmark one third of their landmass to establish conservation areas in each of their countries, It has since then become a major attraction in the state, attracting tourists from within and outside the country. The park has become a home to various species of wildlife including Lions, Rock pythons,

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Baboon Baboons are primates comprising the genus ''Papio'', one of the 23 genera of Old World monkeys. There are six species of baboon: the hamadryas baboon, the Guinea baboon, the olive baboon, the yellow baboon, the Kinda baboon and the chacma ba ...

s, Honey Badgers, Camels as well as variant

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AHMADU BELLO WAY ROUND ABOUT JOS NIGERIA - panoramio

;Jos Museum The

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in Jos was founded in 1952 by

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, and was recognized as one of the best in the country. It has unfortunately been left to fall to ruin as is the case with most of the cultural establishments in Nigeria. ''The Pottery Hall'' is also a part of the museum that has an exceptional collection of finely crafted pottery from all over Nigeria and boasts some fine specimens of Nok terracotta heads and artifacts dating from 500 BCE to 200 CE. It also incorporates the Museum of Traditional Nigerian Architecture with life-size replicas of a variety of buildings, from the walls of Kano and the Mosque at

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to a Tiv village. Articles of interest from colonial times relating to the railway and tin mining can also be found on display. A School for Museum Technicians is attached to the museum, established with the help of

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. The Jos Museum is also located beside the zoo. ;Jos Stadium A 40,000 seat capacity located along Farin-Gada road which has become home to the Plateau United Football Club, Current champions of The Nigerian Professional League. The stadium has undergone major renovations under the administration of the current governor Barr Simon Bako Lalong. ;Jos Golf Course The golf course located in Rayfield, Jos has hosted many golfing competitions with players coming from both within and outside the state. Other local enterprises include food processing, beer brewing, and the manufacture of cosmetics, soap, rope, jute bags, and furniture. Heavy industry produces cement and asbestos cement, crushed stone, rolled steel, and tire retreads. Jos is also a centre for the construction industry, and has several printing and publishing firms. The Jos-

dam and reservoir on the Shen River provide water for the city's industries. Riyom rocks1

Jos is a base for exploring Plateau State. The Shere Hills, seen to the east of Jos, offer a prime view of the city below. Assop Falls is a small waterfall which makes a picnic spot on a drive from Jos to Abuja. Riyom Rock is a dramatic and photogenic pile of rocks balanced precariously on top of one another, with one resembling a clown's hat, observable from the main Jos-

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road. The city is home to the

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(founded in 1975), St Luke's Cathedral, an airport and a railway station. Jos is served by several teaching hospitals including Bingham University Teaching Hospital and Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), a federal

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-funded referral hospital. The

Nigerian College of Accountancy Nigerian College of Accountancy (NCA), is an educational institution in Jos, Nigeria established in 1994 that is operated by Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN). NCA is the training arm of ANAN, following International Federati ...

, with over 3,000 students in 2011, is based in Kwall,

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spent his childhood years in Jos *

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was born and raised in Jos *Faith Teyei Afan Nigerian

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musician was born and raised in Jos *

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brothers Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye were born and raised in Jos and now known as Rude-Boi and Mr P as they are no longer duo but individual singers/musicians. *Innocent '

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References

External links

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