Tunkus: facts

At a glance

• Country: Nigeria
• Region: Plateau State
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Coordinates: 9.0217° N, 9.6138° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Naira (NGN)
• Distance to the capital, Abuja: 233 km (145 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS): 107 km (66 mi), straight line
• Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport (BCU): 163 km (101 mi), straight line
• Makurdi Airport (MDI): 183 km (114 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Shendam: 18 km (11 mi)
• Langtang: 24 km (15 mi)
• Mabudi: 37 km (23 mi)
• Wase: 38 km (24 mi)
• Kwal: 39 km (24 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Jos, 128 km (80 mi)