Gboko

E335160

Gboko is a prominent town in Benue State, Nigeria, recognized as a cultural and economic hub for the Tiv people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gboko canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Benue North-West Senatorial District ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly rural-urban mix ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupMajority Tiv people ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Tiv traditional council ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Tiv people ⓘ
hasInstitutionType secondary schools ⓘ
tertiary institutions ⓘ
hasMarket Gboko main market ⓘ
hasTraditionalRuler Tor Tiv ⓘ
hasTransportLink road network to Katsina-Ala ⓘ
road network to Makurdi ⓘ
road network to Otukpo ⓘ
isCulturalHubOf Tiv people ⓘ
isHeadquartersOf Gboko Local Government Area ⓘ
isTraditionalSeatOf Tor Tiv ⓘ
knownFor Tiv cultural activities ⓘ
agricultural trade ⓘ
market activities ⓘ
languageEnvironment Tiv-speaking area ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Gboko Local Government Area ⓘ
locatedIn Benue State ⓘ
Middle Belt region of Nigeria ⓘ
majorCrop cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
rice ⓘ
soybeans ⓘ
yam ⓘ
otherLanguageSpoken English language ⓘ
playsRoleIn Tiv political life ⓘ
Tiv religious life ⓘ
Tiv social life ⓘ
primaryLanguageSpoken Tiv language ⓘ
region North Central Nigeria ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
stateCapitalOf Tiv traditional institutions ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiv people → majorCityArea → Gboko ⓘ
Makurdi → roadConnection → Gboko ⓘ
Tiv → notableCity → Gboko ⓘ
Tor Tiv → palaceLocation → Gboko ⓘ