[5] The Mambilla Plateau is located in the southeastern part of Taraba State of Nigeria under Sardauna local government area.

The Mambilla Plateau is hilly with deep gorges, and travelers are constantly passing from one panoramic view to the other.

[10] Strong winds prevail during the daytime and the rainy season lasts from mid-March until the end of November.

[2] As a result of its high elevation, the plateau experiences temperate weather conditions but on a smaller scale because of its location in a tropical environment.

It is also home to the Gashaka Gumti National Park, which is the largest national park and protected area in all of Nigeria, as well as the Majang Forest known officially as Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve, both of which harbor rare and endangered West/Central African plant and animal species endemic to the area.

This has resulted in overgrazing and widespread erosion on the plateau and has created problems between the cattle herders, referred to as the Fulanis and the indigenous people, the Mambila.

[citation needed] Since the British occupation and thereafter, there has been immigration of other groups including the Yamba, Fulani and trading communities of Igbo, Wimbum (Kambu), Hausa and Banso.

All Banso and Kambu (Wimbum) villages are to be found only in Cameroon Republic, some quite distant from the Nigerian border.