Places of Tiv people

Country: Nigeria


State: Benue
LGAs: Tarka, Makurdi, Gwer East, Gwer West, Ukum, Logo, Konshisha, Gboko, Kwande, Vandeikya, Katsina Ala, Guma, Buruku, and Ushongo

Gboko, Tiv nation capital
Ikyogen, a Tiv town towards the Nigeria-Cameroon border

State: Nasarawa
LGAs: Doma, Nasarawa, Lafia, Obi, Keana, and Awe

State: Plateau
LGAs: Qua’an Pan and Shendam

State: Taraba
LGAs: Bali, Donga, Ibi, Gassol, Takum, Gashaka, Kurmi and Wukari

State: Cross River
LGAs: Yala, Bekwara, Obudu, and Obanliku

Country: Cameroon


Division: Manyu

There are 1700 Tiv households with approximately 11,000 people at the south-western border of Cameroon’s Manyu division, north east of Akwaya near the Cameroon-Nigeria border.