🇳🇬 Nigeria
Jos
Jos is a city in Plateau State of North-Central region of Nigeria with 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. The city is situated on the Jos plateau which lies within the Guinea Savannah of North-Central Nigeria. It connects most of the North-Eastern capitals to the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, by road. Driving in and out of Jos, traffic encounters very steep and windy bends and mountainous sceneries typical of the plateau, from which the state derives its name.
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 1,040,000
- Time zone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 9.93, 8.89
How far Jos is from other cities in Nigeria
- Kaduna172 km✈ 58 min · 🚗 2 h 52 min
- Abuja181 km✈ 58 min · 🚗 3 h 1 min
- Zaria183 km✈ 58 min · 🚗 3 h 3 min
- Kano234 km✈ 1 h 2 min · 🚗 3 h 54 min
- Enugu417 km✈ 1 h 16 min · 🚗 6 h 57 min
- Onitsha480 km✈ 1 h 20 min · 🚗 7 h 60 min
- Ilorin503 km✈ 1 h 22 min · 🚗 8 h 23 min
- Maiduguri512 km✈ 1 h 22 min · 🚗 8 h 32 min
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