Used to corroborate: formed from western Plateau State on 1 October 1996; named after the historic Nassarawa Emirate; neighbours; 13 LGAs; Fulani jihad and the emirates of Keffi, Lafia and Nassarawa under the Sokoto Caliphate; British occupation; Northern Region → Benue-Plateau (1967) → Plateau (1976); peoples; crops; minerals; Farin Ruwa Falls; Keana salt village; 2006 population 1,869,377.