Jos: facts

At a glance

• Country: Nigeria
• Region: Plateau State
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 1,040,000
• Coordinates: 9.9285° N, 8.8921° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Naira (NGN)
• Distance to the capital, Abuja: 181 km (113 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS): 32 km (20 mi), straight line
• Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport (BCU): 112 km (69 mi), straight line
• Kaduna International Airport (KAD): 192 km (119 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bukuru: 15 km (9 mi)
• Bassa: 17 km (10 mi)
• Toro: 24 km (15 mi)
• Zoloki: 24 km (15 mi)
• Angware: 25 km (15 mi)