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Benue State is one of the North Central states in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in the 2006 census.The state was created in 1976 and was among the seven states created at that time. [5] The state derives its name from the Benue River initially called Ber-nor, a compound word in Tiv language which means river or lake of hippopotamus (ber meaning river or lake, while nor is the ...
- Benue River
Benue River (French: la Bénoué), previously known as the...
- Benue Trough
The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying...
- Benue (rzeka)
Benue lub Bénoué – rzeka w zachodniej Afryce, w Kamerunie i...
- Benue River
Benue may refer to: Benue River, a river in Cameroon and Nigeria. Benue State, a state in Nigeria. Benue-Plateau State, a former administrative division in Nigeria. Benue Trough, a major geological formation in Nigeria. Benue–Congo languages, a major language group in Africa.
Benue River (French: la Bénoué), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River. [2] The size of its catchment basin is 319,000 km 2 (123,000 sq mi). Almost its entire length of approximately 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) is navigable during the summer months.
The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake Chad. It is part of the broader West and Central African Rift System .
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.
Benue lub Bénoué – rzeka w zachodniej Afryce, w Kamerunie i Nigerii. Główny dopływ Nigru. Długa na około 1400 km. W porze deszczowej jest żeglowna aż do miasta Garoua. Z tego względu w miesiącach letnich staje się szlakiem transportowym.
Benue – stan w południowo-wschodniej części Nigerii. Benue sąsiaduje ze stanami Cross River, Taraba, Nassarawa, Kogi, Enugu i Ebonyi. Jego stolicą jest Makurdi. W Benue duże znaczenie ma produkcja rolna.
