Gindiri

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Gindiri is a town in Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State, Middle Belt, Nigeria.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jotscroll.com/forums/23/posts/215/gindiri-location-communities-and-its-political-wards.html |title=Gindiri: Location, Communities and its Political Wards|date=April 29, 2020|last=Brown|first=Razi|website=Jot Scroll|access-date=June 4, 2024

}} The postal code of the area is 932.{{Cite web |title=Post Offices - with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |access-date=2024-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=2009-10-07}} The town sits on an elevation of 1,159 meters above sea level.{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/gindiri.html|title=Gindiri|website=Peakvisor|access-date=June 4, 2024}} The town is the headquarters of the Pyem Chiefdom.

Education

Gindiri is home to institutions like:

Girls' High School, Gindiri (established 1958){{cite web|url=https://ghs.ng/home/|title=BRIEF HISTORY OF GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, GINDIRI.|access-date=June 4, 2024}}
Boys' Secondary School, Gindiri (established 1950){{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200310070462.html|title=Nigeria: Gindiri, Where Great Records Remain Unbroken|date=October 7, 2003|publisher=Daily Trust|location=Abuja|last=Bello|first=Buhari B.|website=All Africa|access-date=June 4, 2024}}
Government Secondary School (GSS), Bwalbwang, Gindiri.{{cite web|url=https://www.globe.gov/web/g.s.s-bwalbwang-gindiri.|title=G.S.S Bwalbwang, Gindiri.|website=Globe|access-date=June 4, 2024}}
Plateau State College of Education, Gindiri{{cite web|url=https://www.coeg.edu.ng/0/|title=College of Education, Gindiri|access-date=June 4, 2024}}
Gindiri Theological Seminary{{cite web|url=https://gts.edu.ng/from-the-provost/|title=WELCOME TO GINDIRI THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (GTS)|access-date=June 4, 2024}}
Teachers' Training College, Gindiri (established 1935){{cite news|url=https://dailytrust.com/comprehensive-college-gindiri-86-years-and-still-standing/|title=Comprehensive College Gindiri: 86 Years And Still Standing|date=December 4, 2021|publisher=Daily Trust|access-date=June 4, 2024}}

Traditional stool

Gindiri is the seat of the Pyem Chiefdom. The Sum Pyem as of 2021 was Sum Charles Mato Dakat, a second class chief.{{cite web|url=https://viewpointnigeria.org/gov-lalong-approves-the-creation-of-new-chiefdoms-in-plateau/|title=Gov Lalong approves the creation of new chiefdoms in Plateau|last=Nanmwa|first=Golok|location=Jos|website=Viewpoint Nigeria|access-date=June 4, 2024}}

Notable people

Eliezer Paul-Gindiri, Nigerian-American amateur golfer
Ilijah Paul (b. 2002), American soccer player

References

External links

Category:Mangu

Category:Towns in Nigeria

Category:Populated places in Plateau State