About Plateau State > Markets in Jos Nigeria
Before it was raised down by fire some years back, the Jos Main Market was once the biggest organized market in West Africa. The old Jos Main Market is located at the heart of the central business district (CBD) of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria and also close to the Nigerian railway terminus built in 1915 linking the railway from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri and at a highway junction linking the city to Bauchi and Zaria in Jos city.
After the fire inferno that destroyed the Jos Main Market other markets became stronger and new markets were burn, few example of such markets are the Rukuba road satellite market, Abuja Market, and many shopping complexes scattered around the Jos metropolises.
Important places close to the Jos main market are; Ahmadu Bello Way, Nigeria Railway Terminus, Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Banks, Petrol/Gas Stations, Dilimi/Gangare markets, Rwnag Pam Street, Langtang Street, Bauchi Road, and many more in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, Nigeria.
Other important markets and places of tourist interest in the Jos-Plateau include; Building Materials and Vegetable Market, Gada Biyu Market, Faringada Tomatoes Market, Katako Market, Langtang Street, Old Bukuru Park, Rukuba Road Market, , Jama’a Junction, Mangu Market, Jengre Market, etc..
The Jos-Plateau in Nigeria is the place to find the following in abundance and at good wholesale and retail prices. They are vegetables (including Irish potatoes, Cucumber, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Green pepper, Green peas, water melon, Water, Onions, Carrots), grains (including Popcorn, Sorghum, Millet, Yellow Maize, White Maize, Beans, Acha, Rice, Soybeans, Sesame seeds), fruits (including; Oranges, Bananas, Mangos, Pineapples, Strawberry, Grape), livestock (including Cow, Calf, Goat, Sheep, Goat, Chicken Eggs, Broiler chicken), and gem stones (including Topaz, Ruby, Tourmaline Blue, Pink Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Quartz, Sapphire), and many more.
Furthermore, you can also access free valuable information at www.josaddress.com about banks, hotels, internet access, local traditional festivals, Jos Museums, local transportation, Zoo, Wildlife pack and Game reserves, and other informations of tourist importance.
At www.josaddress.com we monitor the local prices of the commodities listed above and others like transportation services (inter-city haulage and inter-city transportation).
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