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Be·nue

also Be·nué  (bān′wā)
A river of western Africa rising in Cameroon and flowing about 1,080 km (670 mi) to the Niger River in central Nigeria.
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Benue

(ˈbɛnʊˌeɪ)
n
1. (Placename) a state of SE Nigeria. Capital: Makurdi. Pop: 4 219 244 (2006). Area: 34 059 sq km (13 150 sq miles)
2. (Placename) a river in W Africa, rising in N Cameroon and flowing west across Nigeria: chief tributary of the River Niger. Length: 1400 km (870 miles)
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Be•nue

(ˈbeɪ nweɪ)

n.
a river in W Africa flowing W from Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 mi. (1400 km).
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Holding the middle ground for national stability: Benue State was created in 1976 out of the old Benue Plateau State which itself was created in 1967. Today, Benue, the land of the great river, prides itself as being the bridge between the two oldest political zones in the country, the South and the North. Ben Asante reports

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