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Friday 2 September 2016

6 Facts About Taraba State That You Must Know



Endowed with diverse and rich topography, featuring rising plains and hills, flowing rivers including Rivers Benue, Donga, Taraba and Ibi, and famous plateaus, Taraba tate is largely deserving of the tag “Nature’s gift to the Nation”.

Here, we give you the six fact about the wonderful state

1.Rivers Benue, Donga, Taraba and Ibi are the major rivers in the state

2.  Taraba State has 62 secondary schools, 3 teachers college, 9 vocational training centres, a state polytechnic, a college of education, college of Agriculture, a college of Health and school of nursing.

3. Taraba state has more languages than 30 African countries.

4. The Chappal Waddi mountain found in Mambilla plateau, is the highest point in Nigeria with a height of 2,419 metres

5. Taraba has the largest quantities of the following mineral deposits in Nigeria; Graphite, calcite, Barites, Quarzite, Bauxite, Kaolin, Zirco, topaz and various Gemstones.

6. Alhaji Musa Daggash, is said to be the first to have introduce the Eucalyptus tree to the Mambilla district.

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