Benue
Americannoun
noun
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a state of SE Nigeria. Capital: Makurdi. Pop: 4 219 244 (2006). Area: 34 059 sq km (13 150 sq miles)
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a river in W Africa, rising in N Cameroon and flowing west across Nigeria: chief tributary of the River Niger. Length: 1400 km (870 miles)
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The boat was carrying traders returning from a fish market in Taraba state’s Ardo-Kola district late Saturday when it capsized on the Benue River, which is one of Nigeria’s largest, the national emergency services said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Settling around the confluence of the Benue and Niger Rivers in present-day Nigeria, the Nok initially used iron to fashion jewelry.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Benue is one of Nigeria's Middle Belt states, where the majority Muslim North meets the predominantly Christian South.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2022
Victoria Okonkwo pointing toward her flooded home close to the shore of the Benue River in Makurdi on Sept. 30.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
The Rivers Niger and Benue merge and make a Y shape.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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