Jos South is a

Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

Plateau State Plateau is a northern states of Nigeria, Nigerian state. It is located in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". Th ...

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. It houses the

new Government house which includes the Office of the Executive Governor and other government house administrative offices and departments including Plateau State Information and Communication Technology Development Agency in Rayfield and can thus be described as the de facto capital of Plateau state. Its headquarters is located in

Bukuru Bukuru is a city located on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. It was previously considered a separate city from the city of Jos close by, but like every other form of urbanization, the city of Jos has merged with the town of Bukuru to form the Jos-Buk ...

town on . It has an area of 510 km and a population of 306,716 at the 2006 census. It is the second most populated Local Government Area in the state after Jos-North. The

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of the area is 930. The current local government chairman is Mr Patrick Silas Dung. Most of the millionaires and top Government Officials including the Governor in the state live in south the state government house is located there. Institute found in Jos South are Karl Kumm University, NTA College, Plateau State Polytechnic Jos campus, TCNN, College of Health vom and National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies kuru. The Nigerian Airforce Station Jos is located there, top hotels and lounge likes of crispan hotel, crest hotel, Jos city park, varlain park, Golden bite suits, Mees Palace and chillers by new Yorker are also located there.

Climate/Geography

Jos South LGA has an average temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a total area of 510 square kilometers. The region experiences two distinct seasons, known as the dry and the wet seasons, with an annual total of 1750 mm of

precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rain and snow mixed ("sleet" in Commonwe ...

. In Jos South LGA, the average

wind speed In meteorology, wind speed, or wind flow speed, is a fundamental atmospheric quantity caused by air moving from high to low pressure, usually due to changes in temperature. Wind speed is now commonly measured with an anemometer. Wind spe ...

is 11 km/h.

References

Local Government Areas in Plateau State {{PlateauNG-geo-stub