| Official Name: | Ibi | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA and town | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Nigeria | ||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Taraba State | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Local Government Headquarters | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Ibi Town | ||||||
| Leader Title: | Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council | ||||||
| Leader Name: | Iliya Muhammad Ajibu | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 2672 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 census | ||||||
| Population Total: | 84,054 | ||||||
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities | ||||||
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 8.3167°N 60°W | ||||||
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| Postal Code Type: | 3-digit postal code prefix | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 620 | ||||||
| Iso Code: | NG.TA.IB |
Ibi is a town and administrative district in Taraba State, Nigeria. The town is located on the south bank of the Benue River, opposite the influx of the much smaller Shemankar River. Both the Taraba River and the Donga River flow into the Benue within the LGA.
Ibi is one of the sixteen local government areas of Taraba State, and is governed by an elected chairman.
Ibi is located where the traditional land trade route of eastern Igboland crossed the river trade route of the Benue River.[1] it is home to the tiv, hausa, Fulani people who are predominantly Farmers and fishermen (especially those along the river bank) (up river).[2] By 1899 the Niger Company established a trading station at Ibi, and by 1901 telegraph service to Lokoja had been established.[3] The British took control in 1900 and established Ibi as the administrative headquarters of western Muri. As cotton was one of the major crops of the area, steam powered cotton gins were established in Ibi in the early 1920s.[4]