Shendam: facts

At a glance

• Country: Nigeria
• Region: Plateau State
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Coordinates: 8.8787° N, 9.5346° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Naira (NGN)
• Distance to the capital, Abuja: 225 km (140 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS): 112 km (69 mi), straight line
• Makurdi Airport (MDI): 165 km (103 mi), straight line
• Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport (BCU): 180 km (112 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tunkus: 18 km (11 mi)
• Mabudi: 32 km (20 mi)
• Baap: 33 km (21 mi)
• Langtang: 41 km (25 mi)
• Pankshin: 51 km (32 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Lafia, 120 km (75 mi)