Taraba State – "Nature's Gift To The Nation"

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Hello guys,
I welcome you all to Taraba State Nigeria, "Nature's gift to the nation". The state was actually created in the year 1991. Furthermore, it is located in the north-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria, it was also subdivided into sixteen local government area. Below are they list of the local government present in wukari.

• Ardo
• Kola
• Bali
• Donga
• Gashaka
• Gassol
• Ibi
• Jalingo
• Karim Lamido
• Kurmi
• Lau
• Sardauna
• Takum
• Ussa
• Wukari
• Yorro
• Zing

Brief History of Taraba

The state Taraba was created on the 27th day of August 1991, it was created out of the former Gongola state. It actually got its name Taraba from the Taraba river which transverses the southern part of the state in question.
Because of the way they state is so blessed, it is popularly known as nature gift to the people.

People & Culture

Taraba is a highy hetergeneous, multi ethnic state with close to eighty indigenous ethnic groups speaking different languages. Some of the major ethnic groups include Fulani, Mumuye, Jukun, Jango, Kuteb, Chamba and Mambilla. The major occupation of the people of Taraba state is agriculture, and other primary activities like fishing, pottery, clothweaving, dyeing, matmaking, woodcarving, embroidery and black smithing. There are a variety of cultural festivals mostly performed to mark harvest, initiation into manhood or womanhood, installation of rulers, marriages and other ceremonies and entertainments.

Places of attraction include

• Mambilla Plateau

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• Gashaka-Gumti Game Reserve

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• Ngel-Nyaki Forest Reserve

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• Donga River Basin Forest

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