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Jos Plateau

mountain range in Nigeria
Place Mountain Range Q811142
Jos Plateau
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Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
mountain range, plateau[4]

Location

Country
Nigeria[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 9.567°, 9.083°
Continent
Africa[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nigeria[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Jos Plateau[7]

Population and size

Area
+7770[9]
Elevation above sea level
+1829[8]
Highest point
Shere Hills[6]
More facts +1
Made from material
granite[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bauchi Plateau en Jos Plateau ar هضبة جوس cs náhorní plošina Bauči cs plošina Bauči cs plošina Jos cs Bauči da Bauchiplateauet da Josplateau de Jos-Plateau de Bauchi-Plateau de Josplateau es Meseta de jos es Meseta de Jos fa فلات جوس fr Plateau de Bauchi fr plateau de Jos fr Plateau de jos hu Josi-fennsík it Altopiano di Bauchi
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
170472478
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85070712
BabelNet ID
02546016n
British Museum place ID
x64030
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Jos-Plateau
Freebase ID
/m/08y3yq
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2013864
GeoNames ID
2335949
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1110304
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
altipla-de-bauchi
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0008389
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Josplatået
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1953125
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
dzhos-plato-ddda1a
IdRef ID
027433897
J9U entity ID
987007536281305171
OpenStreetMap node ID
5619868223
Yale LUX ID
place/e1fd248a-24cd-400e-840b-9d88d8e32a2f
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Africa/Lagos 2026-09-26 T/PLAT · NG GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
mountain range, plateau
Named after 2
Jos Plateau Indigobird, Plateau
← Mountain range 2
Zuma Rock, Shere Hills
Continent 1
Africa
Country 1
Nigeria
Highest point 1
Shere Hills
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Nigeria
Located in this place 1
Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic
Located in/on physical feature 1
Jos Plateau
Made from material 1
granite
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Jos Plateau
← Origin of the watercourse 1
Gongola River
← Place of publication 1
The Nigeria Standard
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Jos Plateau include Plateau[10], a language family[11] and Jos Plateau Indigobird[12], a taxon[13].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Jos Plateau include Plateau[10], a language family[11] and Jos Plateau Indigobird[12], a taxon[13].

Related Entities

Nigeria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 25w ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → 9.567°, 9.083°
    Highest point → Shere Hills
    Instance of → mountain range, plateau
    Continent → Africa
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [ml] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32577: nig-f-2-dml"
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