Jos (nga)

Jos

Jos ranks 1,311th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Goiânia, Kōchi Prefecture, and Hastings. Memorable people born in Jos include Ahmed Musa, John Obi Mikel, and Victor Obinna. Memorable people who died in Jos include Justice Christopher. Jos has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many soccer players. Jos is located in Nigeria.

Jos is a city in the North-Central region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 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. The city is situated on the Jos Plateau which is embedded in 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 sloppy bends and breathtaking mountainous sceneries typical of the plateau landform. The name of the state was coined from its affiliation to this landform. Read more on Wikipedia