Jalingo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jalingo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalingo plotted against Taraba and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jalingo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.47 to 4.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalingo ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Taraba and 232nd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.23
- Rank in Nigeria
- 210th of 422
- Rank in Taraba
- 5th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.36
- Rank in Nigeria
- 232nd of 422
- Rank in Taraba
- 5th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Texcoco de Mora, México
- Hinthada, Myanmar
- Adoni, India
- Mulongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Chuncheon, South Korea
- Qingyang, China
In new street additions, Jalingo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Texcoco de Mora built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mulongo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Jalingo and Texcoco de Mora have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.