It is one of the largest towns that make up the greater Karu urban centre in Nasarawa state which is a conurbation consisting of towns and villages along the Keffi-Abuja expressway making up the Nyanya-Masaka urban centre.
The major towns that make up this urban area are; Voices, a BBC World Service radio soap opera, is recorded here.
Queen Elizabeth of England visited the actors in New Karu in 2003.
[2] New Karu is home to the Government Science Secondary School, which had some 580 students as of 2006.
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