found: Ayeni, P.M. Festivals of Bendel State, Nigeria, c1975:t.p. (Bendel State, Nigeria)
found: BGN reply to phone call, 9-15-83(Bendel [brief] State; 1st order admin. division of Nigeria; 6°0ʹN, 6°0ʹE, part of former Midwest State; Benin City, capital)
found: Africa south of the Sahara, 1992:Nigeria section (Delta formed from Bendel State); 1993: Nigeria section (Edo (capital: Benin City); Delta (capital: Asaba))
found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm1; 06°00ʹ00ʺN 006°00ʹ00ʺE)
found: NGA GEOnet Names Server, 23 June 2014(Bendel State; variant: Mid-Western State; historical primary admin. division)
found: Wikipedia, 23 June 2014:States of Nigeria (map of 1963-67 shows Mid-Western Region with same territory as Bendel State on map of 1967-76; chronology table shows change from Mid-Western State to Bendel State in 1976) Mid-Western Region, Nigeria (became a state in 1967; renamed Bendel in 1976; divided into Delta and Edo in 1991)