Lafia

Summary

Lafia is a local government area of Nigeria^[1]. Lafia ranks in the top 4% of local_government_area_of_nigeria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lafia is located in Nasarawa State^[3].
• Lafia is in the country of Nigeria^[4].
• Lafia's instance of is recorded as local government area of Nigeria^[5].
• Lafia's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Lafia's legislative body is recorded as Lafia legislative council^[7].
• Lafia's executive body is recorded as supervisory councillors of Lafia local government^[8].
• Lafia's postal code is recorded as 950101 - 950108^[9].
• Lafia's Commons category is recorded as Lafia^[10].
• Lafia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[11].
• Lafia's local dialing code is recorded as 47^[12].
• 17 marks the founding of Lafia^[13].
• Lafia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.5, 'lon': 8.5166666666667}^[14].
• Lafia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.64007, 'lon': 8.69959}^[15].
• Lafia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.506, 'lon': 8.5227}^[16].
• Lafia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lafia^[17].
• Lafia has a population of {'amount': '+330712'}^[18].
• Lafia's office held by head of government is recorded as Chairman of Lafia local government^[19].
• Lafia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• Lafia's capital of is recorded as Nasarawa State^[21].
• Lafia's different from is recorded as Lafia^[22].
• Lafia sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+205'}^[23].

Body

Geography

Lafia is in the country of Nigeria^[4]. Lafia is located in Nasarawa State^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lafia sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+205'}^[23]. Lafia has a population of {'amount': '+330712'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include local government area of Nigeria^[5] and town^[6].

History and Context

17 marks the founding of Lafia^[13].

Why It Matters

Lafia ranks in the top 4% of local_government_area_of_nigeria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).^[2] Lafia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] Lafia is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]