A344 highway (Nigeria)
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The A344 highway is a highway in Nigeria
. It is one of the east-west roads linking the main south-north roads. (It is named from the two highways it links).
It runs from the A3 highway
at Aliade
, Benue State
to the A4 highway
south of Katsina-Ala
. The main city on the route is Gboko
.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. It is one of the east-west roads linking the main south-north roads. (It is named from the two highways it links).
It runs from the A3 highway
A3 highway (Nigeria)
The A3 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It runs generally north from Port Harcourt through Aba, Umuahia, Okigwe, Enugu, Ngwo, Makurdi, Lafia, Jos, Bauchi and Potiskum thence east via Damaturu, Maiduguri to the border with Cameroon at Gambaru. The continuation through Cameroon connects to...
at Aliade
Gwer East
Gwer East is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Aliade.It has an area of 2,294 km² and a population of 163,647 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 971....
, Benue State
Benue State
Benue is a state in the Middle-Belt region of Nigeria with a population of about 2.8 million in 1991. Tiv, Idoma, and Igede are spoken predominantly. There are other ethnic groups as well. These include Etulo and Abakwa...
to the A4 highway
A4 highway (Nigeria)
The A4 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It is a north-south route in the east of the country. It runs from Calabar near the coast through Ikom, Katsina Ala, Wukari and Numan to join the A3 highway near Maiduguri....
south of Katsina-Ala
Katsina-Ala
Katsina-Ala is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Katsina-Ala where the A344 highway starts...
. The main city on the route is Gboko
Gboko
Gboko is a town in the Benue State of North-central Nigeria. The population is over 500,000, mostly Tiv people. It is the traditional capital of the Tiv tribe and it has the official residence of the Tor-Tiv, who is the paramount traditional ruler of the Tiv people spread in Benue, Taraba, Plateau...
.