Asaba City

For the town in Japan, see Asaba, Shizuoka.
Asaba
Àhàbà
Ahaba
City
Nickname(s): Ani Mmili
Asaba

Location in Nigeria

Coordinates: 6°11′52.23″N 6°43′42.48″E / 6.1978417°N 6.7284667°E / 6.1978417; 6.7284667Coordinates: 6°11′52.23″N 6°43′42.48″E / 6.1978417°N 6.7284667°E / 6.1978417; 6.7284667
Country  Nigeria
State Delta State

Asaba City (Igbo: Àhàbà)[1] is the capital of Nigeria's Delta State, and has an estimated population of 150,032 (2006 census).[2]

Etymology

Ahaba in Igbo is from 'Ahabagom', meaning I have chosen well, a quote from the founding father (Nnebisi) of Asaba.

History

The city of Asaba was once the colonial capital of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate. It was founded in 1884.[3] It hosted the Royal Niger Company, which the British authorities set up to stimulate trade and the exportation of goods to England. That company has grown today into the UAC Nigeria PLC. Its traditional ruler is the Asagba.

Geography

The city of Asaba, the capital of oil rich Delta State of Nigeria is strategically located on a hill at the western edge of the majestic River Niger. The historic River Niger is a trans-African link beginning from West Africa and down into the Atlantic Ocean. Asaba forms a connector between western, eastern and northern Nigeria through the River Niger from the north and via the Asaba Niger Bridge, an east west link and a Nigeria landmark.

Asaba lies approximately 6 degrees north of the equator and about the same distance east of the meridian; about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north of where the River Niger flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The greater Asaba occupies an area of about 300 square kilometers. It maintains an average tropical temperature of 32 °C during the dry season and an average fertile rainfall of 2,700 millimetres (106 in) during the rainy season.

Demographics

The composition of Asaba is mainly of Igbo people. Other groups in the city consists of Urhobo, Ukwuani, Isoko, Ijaw, Ika, Hausa, Itsekiri and Yoruba people.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ Isichei, Elizabeth Allo (1997). A History of African Societies to 1870. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 0-521-45599-5. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  2. ↑ "A History and Tradition". Asaba Online. Asaba Progressive Front. Archived from the original on 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  3. ↑ Letters from Nigeria,D.W. Carnegie,BiblioBazaar, LLC, ISBN 978-1-103-27100-9
  4. ↑ http://asaba.com/asaba-a-long-history-and-tradition/
  5. ↑ http://asaba.com/asaba-a-long-history-and-tradition/
  6. ↑ http://asaba.com/asaba-a-long-history-and-tradition/
  7. ↑ http://asaba.com/asaba-a-long-history-and-tradition/

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