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Asaba
Delta, Nigeria · Africa
About Asaba
Asaba sits on the route: 15 minutes from Onitsha.
Asaba is in Delta, Nigeria, with about 73,000 people. The nearest town is Onitsha, about 8 km away.
Asaba (Igbo: Ahaba) is the capital of Delta State, Nigeria. A rapidly growing urban area, it is located on the western bank of the Niger River and serves as the seat of the Oshimili South Local Government Area and Delta State Capital Territory. Asaba had a population of 149,603 as at the 2006 census, and a fastRead more
growing metropolitan population today of over half a million people.
In some respects, Asaba and neighboring Onitsha in Anambra State form a continuous metropolitan region. The First and Second Niger bridges traverse the boundary between Delta and Anambra with the Niger's relatively centralized location in this region marking it as the geopolitical border between Eastern and Western Nigeria.
In October 2023, Asaba joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and was named a UNESCO City of Film.
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Asaba is in Delta, Nigeria, about 8 km from Onitsha.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 73,374
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Delta
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 6.1982, 6.7319
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