The Coldest Community In Nigeria

<h4>The Coldest Community In Nigeria<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has gathered that Gembu&comma; a town in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State has been identified as the coldest community in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Technically&comma; with so many cold places in Nigeria&comma; travellers have relatively given their opinions on which part of Nigeria is the coldest&period; That makes this topic very debatable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some people believe that the coldest place in Nigeria is Jos&comma; Plateau State&period; The average temperature in Jos is around 21°C to 25°C&comma; but it can drop as low as 7°C during the coldest months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25773" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25773" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25773" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Urban-Development-e1720180781690-300x152&period;webp" alt&equals;"The Coldest Community In Nigeria" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"152" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25773" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Taraba State&comma; the state Gembu is located<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Jos is located at an altitude of about 1&comma;600 meters above sea level&period; The high altitude&comma; combined with the dry Harmattan winds&comma; makes Jos a very cold place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But in all of this&comma; many say that the coldest in Nigeria is Gembu&comma; Taraba State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gembu is located on the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Mambilla Plateau&comma;<&sol;a> which is the highest plateau in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With temperatures varying from 11&period;7°C to 27&period;8°C and rarely below 9&period;4°C or above 31&period;1°C&comma; Gembu is considered the coldest place in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The average temperature in Gembu is around 18°C&comma; but it can drop to as low as 9&period;4°C during the coldest months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to OpenLife Friday afternoon&comma; a geographer and frequent traveller to all parts of Nigeria&comma; Akintunde Bamidele said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Gembu is the coolest in the country&comma; I visited the town about four times&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They don&&num;8217&semi;t own fridge&comma; air-condition and fan in their hotel rooms due to excessive cold temperature&comma; the only town in Nigeria where people don&&num;8217&semi;t use such gadgets to air or cool their room&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;