Agatu

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Agatu is a local government area in Benue State, Nigeria, traditionally inhabited by the Idoma people and known for its agrarian communities and history of communal conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
Agatu canonical 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Local Government Area ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Benue State ⓘ
borders Apa ⓘ
Guma ⓘ
Gwer West ⓘ
Loko in Nasarawa State ⓘ
linked to: Nasarawa Eggon

Otukpo ⓘ
cashCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
rice ⓘ
yam ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
conflictType farmer–herder conflict ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
dominantOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
dominantReligion Christianity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Idoma ⓘ
federalConstituency Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency ⓘ
foodCrops beans ⓘ
guinea corn ⓘ
governedBy Agatu Local Government Council ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Agatu LGA ⓘ
hasDrySeason November to March ⓘ
hasHeadquarters Obagaji ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentChairman elected official ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity fishing on River Benue floodplains ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasRainySeason April to October ⓘ
hasSecurityChallenge armed attacks on villages ⓘ
displacement of residents ⓘ
hasSettlementType rural ⓘ
hasTraditionalReligion Idoma traditional religion ⓘ
knownFor agrarian communities ⓘ
communal conflicts ⓘ
crop farming ⓘ
farmer–herder clashes ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Idoma language ⓘ
locatedIn Benue State ⓘ
North Central Nigeria ⓘ
locatedNear River Benue ⓘ
linked to: Benue River
partOf Idoma land ⓘ
linked to: Idoma
senatorialDistrict Benue South Senatorial District ⓘ
stateCapitalIs Makurdi ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Idoma people ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

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