Wukari

Wukari is a city and local government area in Taraba State in eastern Nigeria. The Donga River flows through the area and the Benue River forms its boundary with Nasarawa State to the northwest. The local government area covers 4,308 square kilometres and had 241,546 residents at the 2006 census, and it is divided into ten wards, among them Akwana, Avyi, Bantaje, Chonku, Kente and Puje. The city is the base of the Wukari Federation, a traditional state, and is the home of the Jukun people, whose languages include Wapan, Jibu and Nyifon, alongside Tiv and Hausa. The climate has a hot season from February to April and a cooler rainy season from June to October. Tertiary institutions in the town include Kwararafa University and Federal University Wukari, and the 1991 census counted 53,050 people in the urban settlement.