Lafia

Lafia shine babban birnin jihar Nasarawa, a tsakiyar Najeriya. An kafa shi ne a ƙarshen karni na 18 da Muhammadu Dunama, wanda ya gina shi a wurin wata kauyar Koro (Migili) mai suna Anane. A farkon karni na 19, Lafia ta zama babban cibiyar sarauta a yankin, kuma a zamanin Mohamman Agwai (1881–1903), kasuwar Lafia ta zama daya daga cikin manyan kasuwannin kogin Benue. A shekarar 1903, Birtaniyanci suka amince da Musa a matsayin sarki na farko na Lafia.

Tun daga wannan lokaci, Lafia ta ci gaba da zama cibiyar siyasa da kasuwanci. A shekarar 1996, aka kafa jihar Nasarawa, wanda aka zabi Lafia a matsayin babban birnin ta. Yanzu Lafia tana da manyan jami'o'i kamar Federal University Lafia da Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic. Harkokin noma, musamman noman sesame da soybeans, da kuma sana'o'in zare da zanen fata su ne manyan hanyoyin samun kudin shiga.

Yawan jama'ar Lafia ya kai kimanin 509,300 (kimar 2021), kuma yana da fili mai yawan kilomita murabba'i 2,827. Mutanen Kanuri, Alago, Eggon, Tiv da Hausa su ne yawancin masu zaune. Sarautar gargajiya tana karkashin Emir na Lafia, wanda ke da muhimmanci wajen kula da al'adu da lumana a yankin.