Editing Jos (section)

{{short description|Capital city of Plateau State, Nigeria}}
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{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
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| government_type    = Traditional Monarchy (Jos Joint Traditional Council of Chiefs)
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| leader_title1      = [[Gbong Gwom Jos]] (Head of Jos Joint Traditional Council of Chiefs [Riyom, Barkin Ladi, Jos-South] & Plateau State Traditional Council of Chiefs, concurrently)
| leader_name1       = [[Jacob Gyang Buba]] (incumbent)
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| population_total   = 622802
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| population_rank    = [[List of Nigerian cities by population|6th]]
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| demographics1_info1 = 2023
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| demographics1_info2 = $6.3&nbsp;billion<ref name="TelluBase">{{cite web|url=https://tellusant.com/repo/tb/tellubase_factsheet_nga.pdf|publisher=Tellusant|title=TelluBase—Nigeria Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)| access-date = 2024-01-11}}</ref>
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'''Jos''' {{IPAc-en|'|dʒ|ɔː|s}} is a city in the North-Central region of [[Nigeria]]. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 [[census]].<ref name="nigerianstat.gov.ng">{{cite web|url=http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/nbsapps/Connections/Pop2006.pdf |title=Federal Republic of Nigeria : 2006 Population Census |access-date=22 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305101910/http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/nbsapps/Connections/Pop2006.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2012 }}</ref> Popularly called "'''J-Town'''",<ref>{{Cite web |title=j-town |url=http://naijalingo.com/words/j-town |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=naijalingo.com}}</ref> it is the administrative capital and largest city of [[Plateau State]]. The city is situated on the Jos [[plateau]] which lies within the [[Guinean forest–savanna mosaic|Guinea Savannah]] of North-Central Nigeria. It connects most of the North-Eastern capitals to the [[Federal Capital Territory]] [[Abuja]], by road. Driving in and out of Jos, traffic encounters very steep and windy bends and mountainous sceneries typical of the plateau, from which the state derives its name.

During the period of [[Colonial Nigeria|British colonial rule]], Jos became an important centre for [[Tin|tin mining]] after large deposits of [[cassiterite]], the main ore for the metal, were discovered. It is also the trading hub of Plateau State as commercial activities are steadily increasing.