Capital: Minna
Major Cities: Bida, Suleja, Kontagora
Major attractions are Gurara Falls, whose noise can be heard more than a mile. Other attractions the Zuguma Games Reserves, Shiroro Dam and Kainji Dam, which once in Kwara State until it the territiry was carved out to join Niger State by the government of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, the Former Nigeria head od state. Minerals found in the state include, gold, limestone, marble, chalk, copper, iron-ore, phosphate, glass sand, lead, silica stone, columbite clay, feldspar, kaolin quartz. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people. The crops are: Cassava, beans, rice, maize, yam, groundnut, and sugar cane.
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