Asaba is the capital of Delta State in southern Nigeria, on the western bank of the Niger River roughly 160 kilometres upstream from where the river reaches the Atlantic. Founded in 1884, it once served as the colonial capital of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and today is home to the Anioma people, who speak the Enuani dialect of Igbo, alongside a growing cosmopolitan population. Its 2006 census population was 149,603, and in October 2023 it joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Film.
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Source Delta State (Wikipedia)
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1. Asaba (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 149,603 (2023)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 6.25, 6.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 6.25, 6.75
6.25 6.75 Aw
3. GeoNames: Asaba - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2349276, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2349276, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
6.19824 6.73187 P PPLA NG 36 10015 73374 46 Africa/Lagos
Asaba (Wikipedia)
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Asaba (Igbo: Ahaba) is the capital of Delta State, Nigeria.
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the SourceDelta State (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationCapital Of: Delta State, Infobox: seatQuote, Capital Of: Delta State, Infobox: seat
Asaba
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