Ibi, Taraba State
title: "Ibi, Taraba State" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["local-government-areas-in-taraba-state", "benue-river"] topic_path: "general/local-government-areas-in-taraba-state" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibi,_Taraba_State" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Ibi |
| settlement_type | LGA and town |
| pushpin_map | Nigeria |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Nigeria |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Nigeria |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Taraba State |
| subdivision_type2 | Local Government Headquarters |
| subdivision_name2 | Ibi Town |
| leader_title | Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council |
| leader_name | Iliya Muhammad Ajibu |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_total_km2 | 2672 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2006 census |
| population_total | 84,054 |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| population_blank2_title | Religions |
| timezone | WAT |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| coordinates | |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 8 |
| mapframe-wikidata | yes |
| mapframe-marker | village |
| postal_code_type | 3-digit postal code prefix |
| postal_code | 620 |
| iso_code | NG.TA.IB |
| :: |
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Ibi is one of the sixteen local government areas of Taraba State, and is governed by an elected chairman. There are 10 Wards in IBI local government area namely: DAMPAR I, DAMPAR II, DAMPAR III, IBI NWONYO I, IBI NWONYO II, IBI RIMI UKU I, IBI RIMI UKU II, SARKIN KUDU I, SARKIN KUDU II, SARKIN KUDU III
History
Ibi is located where the traditional land trade route of eastern Igboland crossed the river trade route of the Benue River. it is home to the Jukun Wanu and Wurbo people who are predominantly fishermen (especially those along the river bank) (up river). By 1899 the Niger Company established a trading station at Ibi, and by 1901 telegraph service to Lokoja had been established. The British took control in 1900 and established Ibi as the administrative headquarters of western Muri. As cotton was one of the major crops of the area, steam powered cotton gins were established in Ibi in the early 1920s.
Climate
|width=auto |location = Ibi, Nigeria |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 38.5 |Feb record high C = 40.5 |Mar record high C = 41.0 |Apr record high C = 39.5 |May record high C = 38.5 |Jun record high C = 34.5 |Jul record high C = 33.0 |Aug record high C = 33.5 |Sep record high C = 33.5 |Oct record high C = 35.0 |Nov record high C = 36.0 |Dec record high C = 36.5 |year record high C = 41.0 |Jan high C = 35.0 |Feb high C = 36.7 |Mar high C = 37.1 |Apr high C = 35.5 |May high C = 32.5 |Jun high C = 30.9 |Jul high C = 30.0 |Aug high C = 29.8 |Sep high C = 30.5 |Oct high C = 31.3 |Nov high C = 33.4 |Dec high C = 33.9 |year high C = 33.1 |Jan mean C = 26.8 |Feb mean C = 28.6 |Mar mean C = 30.6 |Apr mean C = 30.0 |May mean C = 26.8 |Jun mean C = 26.6 |Jul mean C = 26.0 |Aug mean C = 26.0 |Sep mean C = 26.3 |Oct mean C = 26.7 |Nov mean C = 27.0 |Dec mean C = 25.8 |year mean C = 27.4 |Jan low C = 18.5 |Feb low C = 20.5 |Mar low C = 24.2 |Apr low C = 24.4 |May low C = 23.1 |Jun low C = 22.2 |Jul low C = 22.1 |Aug low C = 22.3 |Sep low C = 22.1 |Oct low C = 22.1 |Nov low C = 20.7 |Dec low C = 17.8 |year low C = 21.7 |Jan record low C = 13.0 |Feb record low C = 13.5 |Mar record low C = 16.5 |Apr record low C = 19.5 |May record low C = 20.0 |Jun record low C = 19.5 |Jul record low C = 19.5 |Aug record low C = 19.5 |Sep record low C = 19.5 |Oct record low C = 18.5 |Nov record low C = 14.0 |Dec record low C = 11.0 |year record low C = 11.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 1 |Feb precipitation mm = 2 |Mar precipitation mm = 28 |Apr precipitation mm = 96 |May precipitation mm = 163 |Jun precipitation mm = 193 |Jul precipitation mm = 131 |Aug precipitation mm = 137 |Sep precipitation mm = 226 |Oct precipitation mm = 138 |Nov precipitation mm = 9 |Dec precipitation mm = 7 |year precipitation mm = 1131 |unit precipitation days = 0.3 mm |Jan precipitation days = 0 |Feb precipitation days = 0 |Mar precipitation days = 1 |Apr precipitation days = 4 |May precipitation days = 9 |Jun precipitation days = 11 |Jul precipitation days = 11 |Aug precipitation days = 12 |Sep precipitation days = 14 |Oct precipitation days = 9 |Nov precipitation days = 1 |Dec precipitation days = 0 |year precipitation days = 72 |time day = 07:00 LST |Jan humidity = 62 |Feb humidity = 64 |Mar humidity = 76 |Apr humidity = 85 |May humidity = 92 |Jun humidity = 95 |Jul humidity = 94 |Aug humidity = 95 |Sep humidity = 95 |Oct humidity = 95 |Nov humidity = 93 |Dec humidity = 77 |year humidity = 85 |Jan sun = 260.4 |Feb sun = 259.9 |Mar sun = 251.1 |Apr sun = 219.0 |May sun = 238.7 |Jun sun = 195.0 |Jul sun = 173.6 |Aug sun = 155.0 |Sep sun = 177.0 |Oct sun = 244.9 |Nov sun = 270.0 |Dec sun = 282.1 |year sun = |Jand sun = 8.4 |Febd sun = 9.2 |Mard sun = 8.1 |Aprd sun = 7.3 |Mayd sun = 7.7 |Jund sun = 6.5 |Juld sun = 5.6 |Augd sun = 5.0 |Sepd sun = 5.9 |Octd sun = 7.9 |Novd sun = 9.0 |Decd sun = 9.1 |yeard sun = 7.5 |source 1 = Deutscher Wetterdienst | url = https://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_651450_kt.pdf | title = Klimatafel von Ibi / Nigeria | work = Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world | publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst | language = German | accessdate = 10 August 2016}}
Notes
References
- Afigbo, A. E. (1997) "Southeastern Nigeria, the Niger-Benue Confluence, and the Benue in the Precolonial Period: Some Issues of Historiography" ''History in Africa'' 24: pp. 1-8, p.4
- History "https://www.manpower.com.ng/places/lga/770/ibi"
- Arnott, D. W. (1958) "Councils and Courts among the Tiv--Traditional Concepts and Alien Institutions in a Non-Moslem Tribe of Northern Nigeria" ''Journal of African Law'' 2(1): pp. 19-25, p. 19
- Duggan, E. de C. (1922) "The Cotton Growing Industry of Nigeria" ''African Affairs'' 21(83): pp. 199-207, p. 203
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