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Taraba State

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Also known as Jalingo

state in the northern part of Nigeria

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Taraba State is a state located in the northern region of Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's constituent states within the country's federal system of government.

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Taraba (Listen) is a state in north-eastern Nigeria, named after the Taraba River, which traverses the southern part of the state. It is nicknamed "Nature's Gift to the Nation". The state capital is Jalingo. It is home to a diverse population including about 80 distinct ethnicities and their languages.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taraba State” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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